Confirmation bias, a phrase coined by English psychologist Peter Wason, is the tendency of people to favor information that confirms or strengthens their beliefs or values and is difficult to … 展开

Myside bias was once believed to be correlated with intelligence; however, studies have shown that myside bias can be more influenced by ability to rationally think as opposed to level … 展开

There are currently three main information processing explanations of confirmation bias, plus a recent addition.
Cognitive versus motivational
According to Robert MacCoun, most biased evidence processing occurs through a combination of … 展开

Polarization of opinion
When people with opposing views interpret new information in a biased way, their views can move even further apart. This is called "attitude … 展开

Biased search for information
Experiments have found repeatedly that people tend to test hypotheses in a one-sided way, by searching for evidence consistent with their current hypothesis. Rather than searching through all the relevant evidence, they … 展开

Informal observations
Before psychological research on confirmation bias, the phenomenon had been observed throughout … 展开

Social media
In social media, confirmation bias is amplified by the use of filter bubbles, or "algorithmic editing", … 展开