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Confirmation Bias
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A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.
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📖 Terms in This Section

Confirmation Bias — A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.
Hindsight Bias — The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that you could have predicted the outcome in advance (“I knew it all along” phenomenon)
Overconfidence — The tendency to be more confident than correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.
Psychology — The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Case Study — A descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.
Convenience Sample — A sample of participants selected because they are easy to access or readily available rather than randomly chosen from the population, which can make it less representative of the general population
Experimenter Bias — The influence of the experimenter's expectations or preferences on the outcome of a research study.
Generalizability — The extent to which research findings can be applied to larger populations, other settings, or different groups beyond the participants in the study

Want the full list? Visit our Glossary for an overview of all terms.

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