Sasha believes that she is a nice person. To confirm this, she asks all her friends whether she is a nice person; they all agree that she is. Sasha concludes that she is a nice person and says she has evidence of it. However, she does not ask any of her enemies whether they think she is a nice person. This is an example of which of the following?
A)Confirmation bias
B)Availability heuristic
C)Fourth cell reasoning
D)Overconfidence

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Sasha only seeks out information that confirms her belief that she is a nice person, and ignores any information that goes against that belief. This is an example of confirmation bias, which is the tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Sasha Believes That She Is a Nice Person