confirmation biases

A form of confirmation bias — 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 either reject, explain away, or reinterpret as further confirmation, that which conflicts with it.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of confirmation bias
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