APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

The Role of Confirmation Bias in Determining Confidence and Validity of Facts.

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - My Truth or Yours: The Science of Reality Monitoring

  • 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

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