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WHAT IS CONFIRMATION BIAS? How does the author develop the main idea over the course of the passage?

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by giving the tendency to favor, seek, interpret and remember information that confirms one's beliefs or hypotheses, giving disproportionately.

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WHAT IS CONFIRMATION BIAS?

A confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias that involves favoring information that confirms previously existing beliefs or biases. For example, imagine that a person holds a belief that left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people.

How does the author develop the main idea over the course of the passage?

Develops by giving the tendency to favor, seek, interpret and remember information that confirms one's beliefs or hypotheses, giving disproportionately.

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