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by SocForInterview
on 23/3/15
"Confirmation bias is a well-documented phenomenon that seems to play a role in practically every domain of human cognition. In short, people tend to seek and interpret information in ways that are partial toward existing beliefs. Conversely, they tend to avoid information that would contradict those beliefs and support alternative possibilities (Koriat, Lichtenstein, & Fischhoff, 1980)"