Confirmation Bias. Confirmation bias is defined as “seeking or interpreting evidence in ways that are preferential to existing beliefs, expectations, or hypotheses” (Nickerson, 1998, p. 175).

May 1, 2023 · Confirmation bias is one of the most notorious cognitive biases documented and, as it is a systematic deviation from rationality, have a significant influence in the process of belief formation. In this sense, as social networks appear as a primary tool for many people to get informed and debate their worldviews, one could expect confirmatory ...

Oct 8, 2018 · Such biases can originate from people’s own decisions: committing to a categorical proposition, or a course of action, biases subsequent judgment and decision-making. This phenomenon, called confirmation bias [2], has been explained as suppression of post-decisional dissonance [3, 4]. Here, we provide insights into the underlying mechanism.

Confirmation bias is a ubiquitous phenomenon, the effects of which have been traced as far back as Pythagoras’ studies of harmonic relationships in the 6th century B.C. (Nickerson, 1998), and is referenced in the writings of William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon (Risinger, Saks, Thompson, & Rosenthal, 2002).

Jul 1, 2017 · Confirmation bias can lead to polarization of opinion and the persistence of discredited beliefs. People in a position of authority (e.g. teachers) evaluating their charges (e.g. students) may misread performance signals as supporting initial impressions, a bias that when extended to a context involving stereotypes can lead to sub-optimal ...

Jun 1, 2023 · There are several good reasons to expect confirmation bias to play an important role in our setting. Whether rooted in cognitive processes (specific cognitive limitations, lack of understanding of logic), or caused by motivational forces (maintain self-esteem and positive regard by others, protect one’s ego, avoid certain type of errors, accomplish specific practical goals), and whatever the ...

Jan 1, 1995 · Confirmation bias in AI-assisted decision-making: AI triage recommendations congruent with expert judgments increase psychologist trust and recommendation acceptance Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2024, Article 100066

Jan 1, 1995 · VARIETIES OF CONFIRMATION BIAS Joshua Klayman I. Introduction Since about 1960, there has been considerable interest among cognitive and social psychologists in the idea that people tend to hang on to their favored hypotheses with …

Jan 1, 2024 · However, the highly significant presence of confirmation bias in their decision-making implies that a practitioner-AI collaboration in MH is unlikely to eliminate diagnostic bias. To harness the full potential of AI in MH services, institutions must prioritize organization-wide policies, education, and training focused on better understanding ...

May 1, 2023 · In psychology, confirmation bias denotes the interpretation of evidence in ways consistent with existing beliefs (Nickerson, 1998, Molden and Higgins, 2008). This can be done in different ways, like restricting attention to favored hypothesis, disregarding evidence that could falsify the current worldview or overvaluing positive confirmatory ...