Confirmation bias
Definition: The tendency to seek out, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that supports one’s prior values, beliefs, expectations, or hypothesis.
Related terms: Confirmatory bias, Congeniality bias, Myside bias
References: Bishop (2020), Nickerson (1998), Spencer and Heneghan (2018), & Wason (1960)
Drafted and Reviewed by: Barnabas Szaszi, Jenny Terry, Mahmoud Elsherif, Tamara Kalandadze, Sam Parsons, Charlotte R. Pennington
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