Question

Sandy, a true believer in astrology, reads in her horoscope that today is her lucky day. she gets so excited that she spills coffee all over herself, necessitating a change of clothes. as a result, she is late for work and for a very important meeting, which in turn gets her into serious trouble with her boss. in the evening, her brother is taken to the emergency room. on her way to visit him, sandy finds a dime in the hospital parking lot. what will sandy do, based on the research on confirmation bias? sandy will renounce astrology as completely wrong because of all the horrible things that happened on her "lucky day." sandy will begin to question her belief in astrology because of all the horrible things that happened on her "lucky day." sandy will seize on the dime she found as evidence of astrology's accuracy. confirmation bias has little or no relevance to how sandy will think about astrology in the future.

Answer 1

Based on the research of confirmation bias, what Sandy would likely do is that she will likely seize the dime that she has found in which will be considered to be an evidence of astrology’s accuracy as she is a true believer of astrology and this action is what she will likely do based on confirmation bias.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sandy will seize on the dime she found as evidence of astrology's accuracy.

Explanation:

The confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking where one tends to pay more attention to what confirms their respective beliefs and to ignore and devalue any point that contradicts them. Based on this, we can conclude that even Sandy having a lousy day, she will use the coin she found to tell her that her horoscope was correct on that day her lucky day.

Confirmation bias drives people away from a critical and rational thinking, so it is always good to question certain beliefs that we have.