Three weeks into the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster,the former chief executive of BP,Tony Hayward,downplayed the looming environmental disaster despite mounting evidence to the contrary.Hayward claimed the spill in Gulf of Mexico was "relatively tiny" compared with the "very big ocean." This is an example of a(n)________.

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This is an example of confirmation bias, as Hayward downplayed the severity of the disaster despite mounting evidence to the contrary, potentially due to his desire to confirm his own beliefs or minimize the negative impact on BP's reputation.

Three Weeks into the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster,the