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opinions, which type of bias of is clouding yo Self-serving bias Status-quo effect Confirmation bias

opinions, which type of bias of is clouding yo Self-serving bias Status-quo effect Confirmation bias

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
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ISBN:9780134477961
Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
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When you only give merit to information that is aligned with you beliefs and opinions, which type of bias of is clouding your judgement? Self-serving bias Status-quo effect Confirmation bias Negative Emphasis Bias
Transcribed Image Text:When you only give merit to information that is aligned with you beliefs and opinions, which type of bias of is clouding your judgement? Self-serving bias Status-quo effect Confirmation bias Negative Emphasis Bias
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Psychologists study various cognitive biases that affect a person's decision-making capacity. Cognitive bias is a tendency to create a subjective reality based on information that is not objective and it affects that person's ability to make rational judgments. There are many types of cognitive biases namely Sampling Bias, Confirmation Bias, Hindsight Bias, Misinformation Effect, etc. Now, let us see the bias of the given case. 

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