Schemas Can Lead to Memory Errors Through the Confirmation Bias

Multiple Choice

Schemas can lead to memory errors through the confirmation bias and stereotyping because we

A) fail to consider how an individual differs in important ways from a group stereotype.
B) consciously distort information so it will be consistent with our prior beliefs.
C) only consider the most distinctive information about the person instead of all of the relevant information.
D) prefer to hold erroneous or distorted beliefs rather than truly seeing reality as it is.