A confirmation bias refers to people's tendency to
a. agree with others whose attitudes differ from theirs.
b. behave according to others' expectations.
c. seek, interpret, and create information that verifies existing beliefs.
d. reinterpret earlier information to make it more consistent with subsequent information.
c
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a. unconsciously motivated aggression against people who are perceived to have more than they deserve b. a defense against unconscious penis envy in women and castration anxiety in men c. the ego being overwhelmed by urges for instant gratification by the id d. fixation in the anal stage of development
Human factors psychologists directly measure the ease with which people can learn to use a machine, a process known as
a. pragmatic testing. b. usability testing. c. humanistic assessments. d. operational acquisition.