confirmation bias

[ kon-fer-mey-shuhn bahy-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Psychology.

bias that results from the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions: Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias is a major issue when we get all our news from social media sites.
Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.

Coined in 1960 by English psychologist Peter Wason

“This research suggests that confirmation bias operates in encounters of short duration,” he wrote.

This sort of sustained engagement can short-circuit racially triggered instances of the confirmation bias, wrote Dobbin.

And, of course, all sides in this conflict suffer from a degree of confirmation bias.

That Tobin keeps reiterating it anyway suggests a deep confirmation bias.

Charles Johnson explains how tech, confirmation bias, and media laziness are complicating the issue.

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