Question

Identify the type of bias shown in this scenario. Sam is researching vegetarian diets. Even though she comes across various articles explaining the advantages of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets, she only focuses on and notes down the information that supports vegetarianism, ignoring the rest.
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Confirmation bias
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Explicit bias
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Implicit bias
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No bias is present

Answer 1

The type of bias shown in this scenario is **confirmation bias**. This occurs when an individual selectively seeks out or gives more weight to information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs or opinions, while disregarding or minimizing information that contradicts those beliefs. In this case, Sam is focusing only on the advantages of vegetarianism and ignoring the information about non-vegetarian diets.