Psychology / Unit 1 Psych 0080 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Confirmation Bias
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The idea
Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek and weight evidence that supports a held belief while discounting evidence against it.
In practice
A manager convinced a hire was a mistake logs every error the new employee makes and none of the recoveries.
Where people slip
Trying harder to be fair does not remove it.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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