Confirmation Bias: Definition, Theory, & ExamplesConfirmation bias is the tendency to look for information that confirms the things we already believe to be true. Is this a helpful or hurtful thing to do? Let’s look at the science.
In other words, if I’m in a bad mood, I can always find more bad; whatever we go out into the world looking for, we can eventually encounter. Psychologists have a name for this pattern (as they do for so many things, right?). When we are approaching the world in this way, we are experiencing what is called confirmation bias. Why do we do this? How can you know when you’re doing it? Let’s see how psychological research can help answer those questions.
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