Confirmation Bias Is

question 7

Multiple Choice

Confirmation bias is

• A) the psychological predisposition to listen to information that agrees with our beliefs and values and to ignore or distort information that disagrees with them
• B) the psychological predisposition to listen to information that confirms another person's point of view
• C) the psychological tendency to listen to information that contradicts our point of view
• D) a psychological tendency to do the opposite of what someone orders us to do

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