COGNITIVE confirmation bias

definition

a type of cognitive bias that involves favouring information that confirms your previously existing beliefs or biases

additional information?

impact how we gather information, but they also influence how we interpret and recall information

real life example

• social media allows fake information to spread

• people ‘share’ information or news articles that reinforce their existing beliefs

• often, catchy headlines are used to attract attention, offering unsubstantiated claims

• there are news articles that claim ‘facts’, yet are not ‘facts’, but biased perspectives that align with the reader’s own

• in turn, the unverified claims that are not supported by the evidence are seen as ‘factual’, just because they align with existing beliefs

• in turn, such news is spread across platforms, gaining more and more traction as it confirms millions of people’s existing beliefs

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