AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Confirmation bias is a well-characterized phenomenon: the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confirmation Bias is the tendency to look for information that supports, rather than rejects, one’s preconceptions, typically by interpreting evidence to confirm existing beliefs while rejecting or ignoring any conflicting data (American Psychological Association).

Detailed explanation-3: -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.