Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) - TopicsExpress



          

Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. They also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position. Know your enemy.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:35:09 +0000

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