APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
The Role of Confirmation Bias in Determining Confidence and Validity of Facts.
- Dan Bellack
Trident Technical College - Heather Collins
Medical University of South Carolina - Ryan Ashley
Washington State University Vancouver
Abstract
Two groups (either individuals or groups of 5) of subjects were given a list of “facts” and evaluated whether they were true or false and how confident they were. There were significant differences in confidence between the groups.
Judgment and Decision Making