The tendency for a decision maker to search for conﬁrmation that a recent decision he or she made was a good decision represents which one of the following characteristics?
A) Over-conﬁdence.
B) Over-optimism.
C) Affect heuristic.
D) Conﬁrmation bias.
E) Representativeness heuristic.

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The tendency to search for confirmation that a recent decision was good is known as confirmation bias. This can cause decision makers to overlook or ignore information that contradicts their decision, leading to poor subsequent decisions.

The Tendency for a Decision Maker to Search for Conﬁrmation