The tendency for people to seek out only information that supports their hypotheses is called
A) a mental set.
B) the confirmation bias.
C) the syllogistic fallacy.
D) inductive reasoning.
E) deductive reasoning.

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The confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

The Tendency for People to Seek Out Only Information That