The Concept of Confirmation Bias Specifically Assumes That We Are

question 94

Multiple Choice

The concept of confirmation bias specifically assumes that we are most likely to believe __________.

• A) the scientific method as true
• B) information that agrees with our thinking
• C) information that refutes our thinking
• D) logical thinking

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Definitions:

Projection

An ego defense mechanism whereby individuals attribute to other people characteristics or impulses they do not wish to acknowledge in themselves.

Defecating

The act of expelling feces from the body's large intestine through the anus.

Ego Ideal

A component of the personality comprising the standards and aspirations for behaviors that one strives to achieve.

Id

in Freudian psychoanalysis, it represents the part of the human psyche that is unconscious and contains the basic drives and instinctual desires.