The Confirmation Bias Is Best Described as the Tendency for People

question 12

Multiple Choice

The confirmation bias is best described as the tendency for people to:

• A)seek and consider evidence that supports their preferred hypothesis,and discount or ignore information that refutes their beliefs.
• B)want others to agree with them because of their need to be liked.
• C)not want to act as a devil's advocate in a group,even though it would help the group.
• D)put unwarranted confidence in their decisions.

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