The tendency for a decision maker to search for confirmation that a recent decision he or she made was a good decision represents which one of the following characteristics?
A)overconfidence
B)overoptimism
C)affect heuristic
D)confirmation bias
E)representativeness heuristic

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Confirmation bias refers to the tendency of a decision maker to search for information that confirms his or her pre-existing beliefs or recent decisions. In this case, the decision maker is seeking confirmation that a recent decision was a good one. Overconfidence and overoptimism refer to a decision maker's tendency to overestimate the accuracy of their own judgment or to expect favorable outcomes despite evidence to the contrary. The affect heuristic refers to the influence of emotions or feelings on decision-making, while the representativeness heuristic refers to basing decisions on similarities between a current situation and a typical example or stereotype.

The Tendency for a Decision Maker to Search for Confirmation