Which of the following refers to "confirmation bias?"
A. The tendency of people to imagine alternatives to reality
B. The tendency of people to view events as being more predictable than they really are once they occur
C. A form of judgment that discounts the causal theory over correlational theory
D. The tendency to selectively attend to information that supports one's general beliefs while ignoring evidence that contradicts one's beliefs
Answer: D
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