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AP Psychology
Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.8
Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
5.8 Biases and Errors in Thinking
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What is confirmation bias?
The tendency to remember only information that supports your own views.
The bias where the decision is heavily influenced by the first information encountered.
The inclination to perceive two unrelated events as causally related.
The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
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