Personal bias suppression: Difference between revisions

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===Analysis===

Established personal bias heavily influences how human beings act. People's decisions and opinions seem to be at least partially based upon a consistent and unconscious tendency to notice and assign significance to observations that confirm existing beliefs whilst filtering out and rationalizing observations that do not confirm pre-existing beliefs. This is a well-established concept within the scientific literature known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias].<ref>Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises | http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-02489-003</ref><ref>What is confirmation bias (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias</ref><ref>Confirmation bias (sciencedaily) | https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/confirmation_bias.htm</ref> Confirmation bias affects everyone's thoughts to a varying degree, but its effects are significantly stronger in the case of emotionally charged issues and deeply entrenched cultural beliefs.~~ns.2017.00539</ref>~~

Established personal bias heavily influences how human beings act. People's decisions and opinions seem to be at least partially based upon a consistent and unconscious tendency to notice and assign significance to observations that confirm existing beliefs whilst filtering out and rationalizing observations that do not confirm pre-existing beliefs. This is a well-established concept within the scientific literature known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias].<ref>Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises | http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-02489-003</ref><ref>What is confirmation bias (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias</ref><ref>Confirmation bias (sciencedaily) | https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/confirmation_bias.htm</ref> Confirmation bias affects everyone's thoughts to a varying degree, but its effects are significantly stronger in the case of emotionally charged issues and deeply entrenched cultural beliefs.

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-Established personal bias heavily influences how human beings act. People's decisions and opinions seem to be at least partially based upon a consistent and unconscious tendency to notice and assign significance to observations that confirm existing beliefs whilst filtering out and rationalizing observations that do not confirm pre-existing beliefs. This is a well-established concept within the scientific literature known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias].<ref>Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises | http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-02489-003</ref><ref>What is confirmation bias (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias</ref><ref>Confirmation bias (sciencedaily) | https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/confirmation_bias.htm</ref> Confirmation bias affects everyone's thoughts to a varying degree, but its effects are significantly stronger in the case of emotionally charged issues and deeply entrenched cultural beliefs.ns.2017.00539</ref>
+Established personal bias heavily influences how human beings act. People's decisions and opinions seem to be at least partially based upon a consistent and unconscious tendency to notice and assign significance to observations that confirm existing beliefs whilst filtering out and rationalizing observations that do not confirm pre-existing beliefs. This is a well-established concept within the scientific literature known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias].<ref>Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises | http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-02489-003</ref><ref>What is confirmation bias (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias</ref><ref>Confirmation bias (sciencedaily) | https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/confirmation_bias.htm</ref> Confirmation bias affects everyone's thoughts to a varying degree, but its effects are significantly stronger in the case of emotionally charged issues and deeply entrenched cultural beliefs.
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