Drake is a department manager in a company which has recently decided to hire a new analyst.After interviewing all candidates,Drake recommended the company hire Anne,but senior management preferred to hire Beth.Drake argued that Beth is an inferior choice,but agreed to accept her for a trial period of six months.At the end of the trial period,Drake evaluated Beth's performance as poor.Although this evaluation may have been fair,it is also possible that it was biased by:
A)The curse of knowledge.
B)The confirmation trap.
C)Overconfidence.
D)Misconceptions of chance.

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Drake's initial preference for Anne may have created a confirmation bias, leading him to evaluate Beth's performance more critically and ultimately label her performance as poor. This bias is known as the confirmation trap, where individuals seek out evidence that confirms their pre-existing beliefs, while disregarding or discounting evidence that contradicts them.

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