Julie is a manager who completely trusts one of her employee's decisions due to his previous good performances. She always looks for positives in his decisions rather than analyzing the employee's decisions in a rational manner. She generally tends to neglect the drawbacks in his decision making. This type of error in decision making is called _____.
A) anchoring and adjustment bias
B) framing error
C) confirmation error
D) representativeness bias
E) lack-of-participation error

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Confirmation error, also known as confirmation bias, is the tendency to search for, favor, interpret, or remember information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or values, while neglecting information that contradicts them. In this scenario, Julie's previous positive experience with the employee has biased her decision making and she tends to overlook any potential drawbacks or negative aspects of the employee's decisions.

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