Multiple Choice
The confirmation bias refers to the human tendency:
A) to believe that other people share our views.
B) to verify our initial knowledge, hypotheses, and beliefs.
C) to perceive persons or events that are similar on one dimension as being similar in all other dimensions.
D) to find "loss" information more compelling than "gain" information.
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