Nickerson (1999) identified several possible reasons for this failure to seek disconfirmatory evidence. Which of the following are possible reasons for this failure?
A) people have more cognitive difficulty dealing with negative information than with positive information
B) there is a motivational factor related to the desire to believe.
C) a motivational factor results when people focus more on the consequences of the logical choice of action that would follow from the initially favored hypothesis
D) in some instances it may be possible for people to influence the outcome of actions taken on the basis of the diag?nosis
E) all of the above

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The Answer of Nickerson (1999) identified several possible reasons for this failure to seek disconfirmatory evidence. Which of the following are possible reasons for this failure?
A) people have more cognitive difficulty dealing with negative information than with positive information
B) there is a motivational factor related to the desire to believe.
C) a motivational factor results when people focus more on the consequences of the logical choice of action that would follow from the initially favored hypothesis
D) in some instances it may be possible for people to influence the outcome of actions taken on the basis of the diag?nosis
E) all of the above

Nickerson (1999) Identified Several Possible Reasons for This Failure to Seek