Fourteen-year-old Jean-Claude, an avid video game player, reads a flawed study showing that video game players are smarter than most people. Then he reads a second study with similar flaws proposing that video game players are poor leaders. What would you predict will happen?
A) He would overlook the flaws in the first study and dismiss the findings of the second study.
B) He would now believe that video game players are poor leaders.
C) He would now believe that video game players are both smarter and poor leaders.
D) He would dismiss the findings of the first study and overlook the flaws in the second study.

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This prediction is based on the concept of confirmation bias, where individuals tend to favor information that confirms their preexisting beliefs or values. In this case, Jean-Claude, being an avid video game player, is likely to embrace the study that portrays video game players in a positive light (smarter) and disregard or rationalize away the study that casts them negatively (poor leaders).

Fourteen-Year-Old Jean-Claude, an Avid Video Game Player, Reads a Flawed