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Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises

Author(s) -

Raymond S. Nickerson

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

review of general psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.519

H-Index - 98

eISSN - 1939-1552

pISSN - 1089-2680

DOI - 10.1037/1089-2680.2.2.175

Subject(s) - phenomenon , psychology , variety (cybernetics) , epistemology , cognitive psychology , term (time) , social psychology , positive economics , computer science , economics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics

Confirmation bias, as the term is typically used in the psychological literature, connotes the seeking or interpreting of evidence in ways that are partial to existing beliefs, expectations, or a hypothesis in hand. The author reviews evidence of such a bias in a variety of guises and gives examples of its operation in several practical contexts. Possible explanations are considered, and the question of its utility or disutility is discussed.

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