confirmation bias
noun[UorS]
uk/kɒn.fəˌmeɪ.ʃən ˈbaɪ.əs/us/kɑːn.fɚˌmeɪ.ʃən ˈbaɪ.əs/thefactthatpeopleare morelikelytoacceptornoticeinformationif itappearstosupportwhat they alreadybelieveorexpect:
验证性偏误、验应性偏误Investigators said that thepilots'behaviourwas aclassicexampleofconfirmationbias, theactof onlyseeingevidencesupportingtheirpreconceptions.调查人员表示，这些飞行员的行为是验应性偏误的一个典型例子，即选择性地只接受支持自己先入之见的证据。
There isclearlyaconfirmationbiasatworkhere.这里明显存在验应性偏误。
- Doctors mayfallpreytoconfirmationbias, whichleadsthem tomisconstruetheevidencebefore them.
- Confirmationbiasis atendencyforpeopletofavourinformationthatconfirmstheirpreconceptionsorhypothesisregardlessof whether theinformationistrue.
- When it comes to makinginvestmentdecisions,peopleassumethefuturewill be the same as the past, and they also have a "confirmationbias", onlylookingat theevidencethatconfirmstheirbeliefs.
- Toknowif you have anyconfirmationbiastendencies,askyourself, “How often do Ilookforsignsthat I may bewrongin myanalysis?”
Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- Afrocentric
- agnosticism
- angle
- anti-ideological
- article of faith
- ascription
- bubble
- creed
- helicopter view
- heretical
- hot take
- idea
- outlook
- pole
- politics
- posture
- pretension
- prism
- relativism
- someone'sidea ofsomethingidiom
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