The Tendency to Look for Evidence Supporting One Particular Hypothesis

question 214

Multiple Choice

The tendency to look for evidence supporting one particular hypothesis and not considering other possibilities is known as the

• A) availability heuristic.
• B) base-rate error.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) framing effect.

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