When weighing a decision, Kate places greater emphasis on opinions that match her own than she does on opinions offered by others that disagree with her personal point of view. Kate illustrates
Which one of the following?
A) Frame dependence
B) Overconﬁdence
C) Gambler's fallacy
D) Conﬁrmation bias
E) Over-optimism

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Kate's behavior exhibits confirmation bias, which is the tendency to seek out and give more weight to information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs and opinions, while ignoring or dismissing information that contradicts them.

When Weighing a Decision, Kate Places Greater Emphasis on Opinions