To support the claim that voluntourism often has minimal positive impact and can even be more negative than positive, the student would need to address confirmation bias. This bias could lead individuals interested in voluntourism to only seek out information that supports their existing beliefs about the positive effects of their volunteering experiences, while ignoring evidence that contradicts those beliefs. Hence, addressing confirmation bias would strengthen the student’s argument by encouraging a more balanced examination of the impacts of voluntourism.
Voluntourism represents the intersection of volunteering and tourism, and to many people it represents the best of both worlds: seeing new places and doing good. But in most cases, the positive impact of voluntourists’ service is minimal and can even be more negative than positive. People who participate in this practice often spend large amounts of money to do so—far more than a conventional tourist trip would cost—and that’s money that could be put to better use in serving these communities. A student is developing an argument to support this claim. Their audience will be people who are interested in voluntourism. Which bias would the student need to address in order to support this claim? (1 point) Responses affinity bias affinity bias sexism bias sexism bias status quo bias status quo bias confirmation bias
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