Confirmation Bias

What is confirmation bias?

• A tendency to search for information that confirms one's preconceptions

• A method of scientific inquiry

• A type of logical reasoning

• A form of artistic expression.

Confirmation bias often occurs in which of the following contexts?

• News and online information

• Mathematical calculations

• Artistic performances

• Historical research

Identify a strategy for challenging confirmation bias: ________.

• Seeking out opposing viewpoints

• Ignoring all information

• Only reading headlines

• Trusting first impressions

​ (a)   is when a person searches for information that confirms one’s preconception while ignoring evidence that contradicts it

• Confirmation bias

• Observer bias

• Hindsight bias

• Attribution bias

​ ​ (a)   involves a person seeking out information and emphasizing information that supports their preconceived ideas, while ​ (b)   involves outright rejecting information that disproves one's preconceived ideas​

• Confirmation Bias

• Belief Perseverance

• Self-Serving Bias

• Experimenter Bias

Confirmation bias is a tendency to interpret information in a way that ______ what we already believe.

• contradicts

• affirms

• ignores

• changes

What is the first step in addressing confirmation bias according to the material?

• Consider

• Recognize

• Research

• Reflect

How does confirmation bias affect teachers' behavior?

• Teachers give more praise and attention to randomly chosen students

• Teachers give more praise and attention to promising students

• Teachers give more praise and attention to students who improve

• Teachers give more praise and attention to all students equally

How do police officers with confirmation bias investigate crimes?

• They gather and process clues in a one-sided way

• They gather and process clues in an unbiased way

• They disregard evidence that supports their theory

• They focus on evidence that contradicts their theory

What is the BEST definition for confirmation bias?

• Questioning what your are interpreting

• Looking up sources of information

• A tendancy to interpret information in a way that affirms what we already believe.

• Watching different types of news media (those that appeal to political parties on the right and the left).