A manager who completely trusts one of his employee's decisions due to his previous good performances,always looks for positives in his decisions rather than analysing the employee's decisions in a rational manner.He generally tends to neglect the drawbacks in his decision-making.This type of error in decision-making is called ________.
A)anchoring and adjustment bias
B)framing error
C)confirmation error
D)representativeness bias
E)lack-of-participation error

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This error in decision-making is called confirmation bias, which involves seeking out and giving more weight to information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs or biases. In this case, the manager's previous positive experiences with the employee have led to a bias towards assuming the employee's decisions are always good, and overlooking potential drawbacks or negative consequences.

A Manager Who Completely Trusts One of His Employee's Decisions