Maria is extremely active in politics. She has strong conservative beliefs about what is correct and what is not. Each day when she reads the newspaper, she pays close attention to the editorial section in particular. According to the confirmation bias, what will she do when she reads them? She will read both the editorials that she agrees with and those that she doesn't to get a balanced view of issues. She will read the editorials that she agrees with, but not the ones that she disagrees with. She will read the editorials that she disagrees with to get an idea of what the other perspectives on issues may be. She will not read any of the editorials.

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Jaxson Michael

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31 August, 16:03

Maria is extremely active in politics. She has strong conservative beliefs about what is correct and what is not. Each day when she reads the newspaper, she pays close attention to the editorial section in particular. According to the confirmation bias, what will she do when she reads them? She will read both the editorials that she agrees with and those that she doesn't to get a balanced view of issues. She will read the editorials that she agrees with, but not the ones that she disagrees with. She will read the editorials that she disagrees with to get an idea of what the other perspectives on issues may be. She will not read any of the editorials.

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Finley Cooke · Answer 1

The answer is: She will read the editorials that she agrees with, but not the ones that she disagrees with.

According to confirmation bias, most people who have a strong set of view or principles tend to avoid hearing the opinion from the other sides that contradict their pre-existing principles/belief.

In modern day political culture, this will make people tend to only get their news from the news sources that are aligned with their political belief. This is exactly what Maria did.