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con·fir·ˈma·tion bias N

confirmation bias

Bestätigungsfehler m

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The connection between confirmation bias and social skills was corroborated by a study of how college students get to know other people. en.wikipedia.org

Previous research has shown that the assessment of the quality of scientific studies seems to be particularly vulnerable to confirmation bias. en.wikipedia.org

Psychologists refer to this tendency as apophenia, or confirmation bias. en.wikipedia.org

And, when pressed to produce real evidence, they tend to seek and interpret evidence that confirms what they already believe (the confirmation bias). en.wikipedia.org

The problem of confirmation bias makes it impossible to accurately gauge the stability of polyamorous relationships without carefully conducted scientific investigation. en.wikipedia.org

Confirmation bias can be described as one's unconscious or unintentional corruption of the scientific method. en.wikipedia.org

Once cognized, confirmation bias and avoidance of cognitive dissonance may reinforce the belief. en.wikipedia.org

Due to selective perception and confirmation bias, the buyer of a device can perceive an improvement where none actually exists. en.wikipedia.org

Other heuristics and biases include the availability heuristic, survivorship bias, confirmation bias, and the self-attribution bias. en.wikipedia.org

He considers the book a cautionary tale against diagnosing someone without really knowing them, and about the need to avoid confirmation bias. en.wikipedia.org

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