Dr. Garonski is testing his hypothesis that people use hand
gestures more in communication when emotionally aroused than when calm. When his results were reviewed, it was noted that Dr. Garonski sometimes missed seeing small gestures in the calm condition. This is an example of
A) conjunctive fallacy.
B) confirmation bias.
Correct. Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out information that supports our point of view and ignore evidence that contradicts our point of view.
C) attribution error.
D) a single-variable explanation.
Incorrect. The tendency to only consider information that is consistent with our views is called the confirmation bias.
Answer: B
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