Our tendency to look for information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs while ignoring information that contracts those beliefs is known as:

a. confirmation bias
b. Ryle principle
c. feminism
d. master frame


a. confirmation bias

Sociology

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A ________ is a moral community separate from and often hostile toward the secular world

a. sect b. cult c. faction d. heresy

Sociology

Based on research findings, it appears that adolescent children are better off in intact homes that have parents in high conflict marriages than in homes with divorced parents

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

The Census Bureau estimates that about ___ percent of Americans will eventually marry

a. 50 b. 75 c. 30 d. 90

Sociology

The process by which a population shifts from rural to urban settings is called which of these?

A. segregation B. suburbanization C. gentrification D. urbanization

Sociology