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    Our Tendency to Prove or Validate Beliefs That We Already
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Our Tendency to Prove or Validate Beliefs That We Already

Question 380

Question 380

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Our tendency to prove or validate beliefs that we already hold instead of looking for evidence to disprove our assumptions is referred as ______________.


A) confirmation bias
B) mental set
C) convergent thinking
D) belief bias

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