Question

Your mom still thinks Pluto is a planet, though it was downgraded to a "dwarf

planet" in 2006. Is she spacing out or experiencing: *
Anchoring Bias
Blind-spot bias
Confirmation bias
Negativity bias
Outcome bias

Answer 1

Anchoring Bias

Step-by-step explanation:

Bias can be defined as a prejudice towards something, a sort of preformed, usually false opinion that affects our behaviour or decision making.

Now, let's briefly define each of the options.

Anchoring bias is the tendency to rely on the first information obtained.

Blind-spot bias is a tendency to spot bias in other people's decisions but remain oblivious to your own.

Confirmation bias is tendency to interpret information in a manner that confirms your opinion.

Negativity bias is being more prone to remember negative experiences.

Outcome bias is making a decision purely based on the outcome of situation, without analyzing factors that led to that result.

Now, as for this particular case, your mother was probably taught in school that Pluto is a planet, so she is "anchored" to that pre-existing information, and it's hard for her to accept new information.