<em>Confirmation bias:</em> In psychology, the term confirmation bias is also known as confirmatory bias. It is defined as the tendency of the human being to grasp, favor, recall, interpret, and search for a piece of particular information in such a way that can strengthen and confirm his or her preconceptions, hypothesis, and personal beliefs that can often lead to a statistical error. Confirmation bias is considered as one of the cognitive biases.
<em>In reference to the question, this exemplifies confirmation bias.</em>