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confirmation bias
[ kon-fer-mey-shuhn bahy-uhs ]
noun
- bias that results from the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions: Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias is a major issue when we get all our news from social media sites.
Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
Word History and Origins
Origin of confirmation bias1
Example Sentences
This is dangerous, as it turns your feed into a fertile ground for misinformation and confirmation bias, so it’s important to try to counter it.
However, he observes, “If you’re confident, then your brain shows a really strong confirmation bias.”
Combining findings from several studies that examine the same topic in different ways can give a better picture of how confirmation bias works, she says.
Our brains are very susceptible to what is known as confirmation bias, he says.
Because emotions don’t get involved, this task is a great way to assess confirmation bias, says Kaplan, who was not involved in the study.
“This research suggests that confirmation bias operates in encounters of short duration,” he wrote.
This sort of sustained engagement can short-circuit racially triggered instances of the confirmation bias, wrote Dobbin.
And, of course, all sides in this conflict suffer from a degree of confirmation bias.
That Tobin keeps reiterating it anyway suggests a deep confirmation bias.
Charles Johnson explains how tech, confirmation bias, and media laziness are complicating the issue.
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