I need some help with this assignment. I really don't understand this class. Can someone please help me understand it better...thanks!

Discuss how confirmation bias can influence perceptions and how some beliefs can actually generate their own confirmation in 200 to 300 words. Provide relevant examples to support your explanation.

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How do your text materials define "confirmation bias?" How do they explain how beliefs generate their own confirmation? After you recheck you text and our previous answers, please repost with your thoughts.

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There is no text for this assignment. That's why I am stumped.
The text is the week 2 reading 4 material.
Google concepts of "halo effect" and "self-fulfilling prophecy."