Dennis believes that women are worse drivers than men. He always notices examples of poor women drivers, but ignores evidence to the contrary, such as poor male drivers or good female drivers. Dennis's behavior is an example of

the confirmation bias T/F

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Sofia David

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5 June, 10:43

Dennis believes that women are worse drivers than men. He always notices examples of poor women drivers, but ignores evidence to the contrary, such as poor male drivers or good female drivers. Dennis's behavior is an example of

the confirmation bias T/F

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Answer:True, this is confirmation bias

Explanation:Confirmation bias refers to how we constantly seek for infomation that will favor our pre-existing beliefs. We tend to reject anything that goes against our belief and consistently search for that information or interpretation that will confirm what we already believe and strengthen it so we can actual believe it is true, it is one of cognitive biases.

Dennis believes that women are worse drivers than men. He always notices examples of poor women drivers, but ignores evidence to the contrary, such as poor male drivers or good female drivers. Dennis's behavior is an example ofthe confirmation bias T/F

Dennis believes that women are worse drivers than men. He always notices examples of poor women drivers, but ignores evidence to the contrary, such as poor male drivers or good female drivers. Dennis's behavior is an example of

the confirmation bias T/F