The belief bias is…
A) the tendency to believe only what you believe.
B) the tendency to rate the strength of an argument on the basis of whether you already agree with the conclusion.
C) the tendency to look at evidence only for what you already believe.
D) the tendency to believe on the basis of no evidence at all.

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The belief bias refers to the tendency of people to evaluate the strength of an argument based on the believability of its conclusion rather than how logically the conclusion follows from its premises. This means that individuals are more likely to accept arguments with conclusions that align with their existing beliefs and to reject those that contradict them, regardless of the actual logical coherence of the argument.

The Belief Bias Is…