confirmation bias

English

Noun

confirmation bias (usually uncountable, plural confirmation biases)

1. (psychology) A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.
   • 2020 February 26, Will Dunn, “William Gibson on the apocalypse: “it’s been happening for at least 100 years””, in New Statesman‎^[1]:

     Days after this interview, on 12 February this year, fighting broke out between US troops and pro-Assad forces just outside Qamishli. Confirmation bias is rarely so fast, or so unnervingly accurate.

Translations

cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 確定偏差／确定偏差 (quèdìng piānchā), 確認偏誤／确认偏误 (quèrèn piānwù), 證實偏差／证实偏差 (zhèngshí piānchā), 證實偏見／证实偏见 (zhèngshí piānjiàn), 證實性偏見／证实性偏见 (zhèngshíxìng piānjiàn), 確認偏見／确认偏见 (quèrèn piānjiàn)

• Dutch: confirmation bias c, bevestigingsvooroordeel n
• Estonian: kinnituskalduvus, kinnituseelarvamus
• Finnish: vahvistusharha, vahvistusvinouma
• French: biais de confirmation (fr) m
• German: Bestätigungsfehler m, Bestätigungstendenz f, Bestätigungsverzerrung f
• Hungarian: megerősítési torzítás
• Icelandic: staðfestingarskekkja f
• Korean: 확증편향(確證偏向) (hwakjeungpyeonhyang)
• Polish: efekt potwierdzenia m
• Russian: предвзятость подтверждения (predvzjatostʹ podtverždenija)
• Spanish: sesgo de confirmación m

See also

• data dredging
• filter bubble
• selection bias

 

Further reading

• confirmation bias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia