Question

Katrina has long believed Eric Church is the best musician of all time. She just read a review that praised Eric Church for his musical genius. She is very confident in her perception, despite all the earlier reviews she had read that pointed out his limitations. Katrina is demonstrating the need:______.A) to reach closure quickly.
B) to confirm preexisting beliefs.
C) for accuracy.
D) for validation.

Answer 1

Answer:

to confirm preexisting beliefs

Explanation:

Confirmation bias

This is simply one's ability to seek, interpret, favor and recall information that is in line or conforms to an individual's pre-existing beliefs or expectations.

People here tends to likely view things that could conforms to something rather than disconfirm it.

Two reasons for the existence of onfirmation bias:

1. Directional motives: humans usually finds informations that is in line with our beliefs and expectations

2. Cognitive heuristics: It deals with things that views our beliefs and expectations usually we imagine first.