People seek and remember evidence in support of their existing hypotheses; they ignore or discount contradictory evidence. In other words, people are prone to the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
confirmation bias;
Psychology
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a. parents. c. teachers. b. siblings. d. peers.
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a. slope b. sign c. absolute value d. none of the alternative is correct
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