Alexis has been diagnosed with a learning disability.She doesn't believe that the psychologist was accurate in this diagnosis,so she decided to seek out additional information about the disability,and its rate of misdiagnosis.She finds several websites and a couple of books that suggest that the diagnosis for the particular disability is wrong 20 percent of the time.Alexis is confident that hers is a case of misdiagnosis,and even after getting three additional evaluations from other diagnosticians (who all agree with the original diagnosis),Alexis refuses to believe otherwise.What does this example illustrate

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This example illustrates confirmation bias leading to belief perseverance, as Alexis refuses to accept the diagnosis even after multiple evaluations confirm it.

Alexis Has Been Diagnosed with a Learning Disability