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The Tendency to Look for Supportive Evidence Rather Than Actively

Question 84

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The tendency to look for supportive evidence rather than actively seeking out contradictory evidence is known as

A) the availability heuristic.
B) the hindsight bias.
C) the confirmation bias.
D) belief perseverance.

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