_____ Is the Tendency to Seek Out and Give Greater

question 32

Multiple Choice

_____ is the tendency to seek out and give greater weight to information that supports one's initial hypothesis and to ignore contradictory information that supports alternative hypotheses or solutions.

• A)Functional fixedness
• B)A mental set
• C)Confirmation bias
• D)Representativeness heuristic

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