Jesse strongly believes that nuclear plants present a major threat to communities where the plants are located. While searching for information on nuclear energy online, Jesse picks out those messages that illustrate cases where a nuclear plant has harmed a community while neglecting those messages that portray nuclear plants as safe.
Jesse's behavior reflects

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Jesse's behavior reflects confirmation bias, which is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

Jesse Strongly Believes That Nuclear Plants Present a Major Threat