AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to:
A
Allow preexisting beliefs to distort logicalreasoning
B
Cling to one’s initial conceptions after thebasis on which they were formed has been discredited
C
Search randomly through alternative solutionswhen problem solving
D
Look for information that isconsistent with one’s beliefs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -confirmation bias, people’s tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with their existing beliefs. This biased approach to decision making is largely unintentional, and it results in a person ignoring information that is inconsistent with their beliefs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confirmation bias is a psychological term for the human tendency to only seek out information that supports one position or idea. This causes you to have a bias towards your original position because if you only seek out information that supports one idea, you will only find information that supports that idea.

Detailed explanation-3: -A confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias that involves favoring information that confirms previously existing beliefs or biases. For example, imagine that a person holds a belief that left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people.

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