Randall believes that aliens crashed in Western Canada in the 1950s.When looking for information about this on the internet,he ignores any sites that are skeptical of his belief and only visits and talks with his friends about the sites that support his belief.This is an example of:
A)mental set.
B)confirmation bias.
C)functional fixedness.
D)divergent thinking.

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This scenario describes confirmation bias, which is the tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while ignoring or dismissing evidence to the contrary. The other options - mental set, functional fixedness, and divergent thinking - do not fit the scenario as well.

Randall Believes That Aliens Crashed in Western Canada in the 1950s.When