Question

Fantasia believes that people with blue eyes are somehow more creative than other people. whenever fantasia encounters a person that has blue eyes and is creative, she places greater importance on this evidence supporting her already existing belief. at the same time, fantasia ignores any evidence that people without blue eyes might display exceptional creativity. this is called a ________.

Answer 1

 this is called a Confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to interpret new evidence as a confirmation about our current belief, no matter whay the new evidence tell us.
For example, if we believe that ever men are sexist, every little thing that we don't like about men will be interpreted as an act of sexism.