Many television viewers are impressed by "psychic mediums" who pretend to communicate with the deceased friends and relatives of audience members.Typically, the viewers will remember the apparent "hits," or correct statements made by the "mediums," while ignoring the "misses," or incorrect statements.This tendency is referred to as
A) Gall's effect.
B) the confirmation bias.
C) the psychic's dilemma.
D) uncritical acceptance.

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The tendency to remember hits and ignore misses when it comes to psychic mediums is an example of the confirmation bias. This bias occurs when people seek out information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs or hypotheses, and ignore information that contradicts them. In the case of psychic mediums, viewers may have a belief in the existence of an afterlife, or a desire to communicate with deceased loved ones, which leads them to selectively remember only the apparent hits and disregard the misses.

Many Television Viewers Are Impressed by "Psychic Mediums" Who Pretend