Question

When a person believes a group has certain traits and then sees that trait in

one of the members of that group, he or she is showing:
A. the fundamental attribution error.
B. social cognition.
C. confirmation bias.
D. situational disposition.

Answer 1

C. confirmation bias

Step-by-step explanation:

"Confirmation bias" is said to employ a selective recall in order to confirm one's existing beliefs. This disregards other inconsistent information, especially when they have established an opinion already about a specific issue.

For example, if the person above believes that short girls are nice and one day, sees one of the short girls acting nice. Then, he will validate his belief according to his own point-of-view because he has the desire to be right. This makes it biased.