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What Term Do Psychologists Use to Describe Our Tendency to Search

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What term do psychologists use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our belief and to ignore evidence that might disprove it?


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Public Good

A good that is non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning it can be consumed by many people without depleting and without preventing others from consuming it.

Nonrival

A good or service is nonrival if its consumption by one individual does not reduce its availability to others.

Nonexcludable

A characteristic of public goods: Once a good is produced, no one can be excluded from enjoying its benefits.

Marginal Social Benefit

The additional gain to society as a whole from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.

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