A confirmation bias involves a tendency to:
a. draw a general conclusion based on a small number of instances
b. only see objects and their potential uses in typical ways
c. seek out and use information that supports and confirms a prior decision or belief
d. ignore base-rate information when estimating the likelihood of uncertain events
C
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a. an independent variable. b. a dependent variable. c. a law. d. a research hypothesis.
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