Question

According to the Critical Thinking box titled "The Persistence of Unwarranted Beliefs," the tendency for people to persist in unwarranted beliefs about pseudoscience is primarily due to the tendency to search for information or evidence that supports their beliefs, while making little or no effort to search of information that might disprove them. This is called ______________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Confirmation bias

Explanation:

Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to search for information that affirms our own previous hypotheses. This kind of bias also appear when people look out for information selectively and tend to forget information and not gather information that doesn't confirm their previous hypotheses.

Therefore, the tendency of people to persist in their beliefs about pseudoscience is due to the tendency to search for information that supports their PREEXISTING beliefs while not looking for information to disprove it is a good example of Confirmation bias.