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confirmation biases

confirmation biases is the plural of confirmation bias.

Meaning of confirmation bias

Noun

confirmation bias (usually uncountable, plural confirmation biases)

  1. (usually) A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.
    • Days after this interview, on 12 February this year, fighting broke out between US troops and pro-Assad forces just outside Qamishli. Confirmation bias is rarely so fast, or so unnervingly accurate.2020 February 26, Will Dunn, “William Gibson on the apocalypse: “it’s been happening for at least 100 years””, in New Statesman

Questions about confirmation biases

What is confirmation biases the plural of?
Confirmation biases is the plural of confirmation bias.

Words near confirmation biases in the dictionary

  1. confirmance
  2. confirmand
  3. confirmands
  4. confirmation
  5. confirmation bias
  6. confirmation biases
  7. confirmation name
  8. confirmation names
  9. confirmational
  10. confirmationally
  11. confirmationism

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