What Term Do Psychologists Use to Describe Our Tendency to Search

question 159

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:

Previously Stored Memories

Memories that have been encoded and stored in the brain from past experiences.

Online Banking Password

A secure string of characters used to authenticate and gain access to an individual's bank account over the internet, ensuring the privacy and protection of financial information.

Retroactive Interference

A memory phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of information learned previously.

Recall

The act of retrieving previously learned information from memory without the aid of or with few external cues.