You overhear two people arguing about whether or not a given actor is talented. The first person says they spent all night finding examples of movies that actor has appeared in which they consider to be great. The second person considers the list and, while agreeing all those movies are great, points out there are far more movies that actor has been featured in that are absolutely terrible. The second person admits they didn't spend any time considering examples of their bad acting. What kind of faulty thinking does this example demonstrate?
A)familiarity bias
B)heuristics
C)mental shortcuts
D)distractor devaluation
E)confirmation bias

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The example demonstrates confirmation bias, where the first person only seeks out information that supports their pre-existing belief (the actor's talent) and ignores evidence that contradicts it (the actor's poor performances).

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