Question

When people seek information to support their point of view and discount data that do not, they are subject to ________ bias. for example, joe uses the fact that his commute is now shorter to confirm his belief that there are fewer cars on the road. however, joe is not accounting for the fact that he recently took over the graveyard shift, and that traffic is always lighter at night and in the wee hours of the morning?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is Confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias tend to happen if we keep surrounding ourselves only with the same people who held a certain similarities.
Example of confirmation bias would be when we are determined to seek our news from one news station that we know always support our view.