What Term Do Psychologists Use to Describe Our Tendency to Search

question 84

Multiple Choice

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?

• A) confirmation bias
• B) convergent thinking
• C) availability heuristic
• D) representativeness heuristic

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Definitions:

Vote Determination

The process by which decisions are made or leaders are chosen in a democratic system through the aggregation of individual votes.

Profit Maximization

The process or strategy of adjusting production and sale operations to achieve the highest possible profit.

Production Function

Describes the relationship between inputs used in production and the output generated from those inputs.

Output

The total amount of goods or services produced by a firm or economy over a specific period.