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People Tend to Believe Evidence That Confirms What They Want

Question 19

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People tend to believe evidence that confirms what they want to believe is true, a bias that is sometimes called the:

A) wishful thinking bias.
B) confirmation bias.
C) fallacy of positive instances.
D) belief-bias effect.

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