Question

Terry believes that teenagers are lazy trouble makers even though he has experienced many teenagers who work hard at their jobs and in school. When he sees a teenager not working or reads a newspaper story about a teenager who gets in trouble, he complains loudly about the lack of work ethic in teenagers today. What is Terry exhibiting?
A. Discrimination.
B. Bigotry.
C. Confirmation bias.
D. Values.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Confirmation bias.                                                                                  

Explanation:

Confirmation bias: In psychology, the term confirmation bias is also denoted as confirmatory bias, and is referred to as the propensity of a person to interpret, grasp, or search a particular information in a specific way that tends to confirm the person's preconceptions and often lead to a statistical error.

Confirmation bias is considered as important as it can often lead a person to hold or carry false beliefs and therefore gives more preference to the information that satisfies his or her beliefs in the absence of any warranted evidence.

In the question above, Terry is exhibiting confirmation bias.