One Important Consequence of the Confirmation Bias Is That

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Multiple Choice

One important consequence of the confirmation bias is that

• A)some people cannot correct a personal trait that might be causing them to fail in many ventures.
• B)someone could persist in pursuing a failed policy despite overwhelming evidence of the failure.
• C)bad decisions can be made because people will act without pausing to see whether their intuition is correct or not.
• D)some people may wrongly believe in their forecasting ability to predict future outcomes of risky investments.

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