Glenn and Rhonda Are a Newly Married Couple Arguing About

question 4

Multiple Choice

Glenn and Rhonda are a newly married couple arguing about whether they will keep a handgun in their home. Rhonda opposes having a gun in the home, while Glenn wishes to have one. In their argument, Rhonda cites the well-established data that shows that handgun owners are more likely to be injured or die from their own weapon than to save someone from an attacker. Glenn cites news stories of individuals who fended off an attacker using a gun. The evidence that both Rhonda and Glenn bring to the debate is accurate: handgun owners are more likely to die from wounds inflicted by their own guns than they are to save a life from an attacker, and, at the same time, some people do fend off attackers using guns. Rhonda accepts Glenn's evidence but counters that it illustrates exceptions, not likelihoods. Glenn rejects Rhonda's evidence entirely and focuses only on stories of people who use guns to protect themselves or others. Which of the two of them is engaging in confirmation bias?

• A) Glenn
• B) Rhonda
• C) Both of them
• D) Neither of them

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Definitions:

Primary Visual Cortex

The region of the brain located in the occipital lobe that processes visual information.

Vision For Action

A theory in cognitive neuroscience which posits that visual processing in the brain is done for the purpose of performing actions, rather than for perception alone.

Subcortical Vision

Vision processing that occurs below the cerebral cortex, involving brain structures responsible for basic visual tasks and reflexes.

Conscious Vision

The aspect of sight that involves awareness of what one sees, depending on brain processes that interpret visual information.