AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Belief Bias: the tendency for one’s preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning, sometimes by making invalid conclusions seem valid, or valid conclusions seem invalid. Belief Perseverance: clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.

Detailed explanation-3: -Belief Perseverance Effect: The tendency to cling to one’s beliefs, even in the face of contradictory or disconfirming evidence.

Detailed explanation-4: -*Algorithm-a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem.

Detailed explanation-5: -Belief bias may cause one to make invalid conclusions seem valid or vice versa. When does the confirmation bias occur? A. When an individual only researches information that is consistent with personal beliefs.