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- DictionaryCon·fir·ma·tion bi·as
noun
- 1. the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
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- Confirmation bias
Tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses
Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, or congeniality bias) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing a... Wikipedia
