What Is the Confirmation Bias

question 41

Multiple Choice

What is the confirmation bias

• A) the tendency to agree with arguments that are presented with a positive emotional valence 
• B) the belief that present evidence supports previous evidence even if they are completely unrelated 
• C) the tendency to seek only information that is likely to support one's decisions and beliefs 
• D) the belief that the odds of a chance event increase if the event hasn't occurred recently

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