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Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.8
What does research on confirmation bias reveal about why conspiracy theories persist despite contradictory evidence?
Conspiracy theories persist due solely to misinformation spread via media outlets, which doesn't involve any psychological biases like confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias is unrelated as it involves people's tendency towards groupthink instead of individual thought processes involved in believing conspiracy theories.
Confirmation bias prompts people to favor information that confirms their existing beliefs, potentially leading them to dismiss contradicting evidence regarding conspiracy theories.
Confirmation bias suggests that people create conspiracy theories because they are overly skeptical and question everything they come across.
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AP Psychology - 5.8 Biases and Errors in Thinking
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