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    The Confirmation Bias Is the Tendency to Search for Information
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The Confirmation Bias Is the Tendency to Search for Information

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Question 36

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The confirmation bias is the tendency to search for information or evidence that confirms a belief, while making little or no effort to search for information that might disprove the belief.

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