Confirmation Bias

heuristics
overconfidence

This bias refers to registering or recalling information that supports one’s pre-existing views while ignoring contradictory evidence.

NoteExample

Media coverage

A reader notices when the newspaper mentions an immigrant being arrested for theft (confirms a stereotype) but turns the page when it is a local arrested for the same crime.

“Arghhh, those immigrants again.”

Also relates to: Self-Attribution Bias · Availability Heuristic · Communal Reinforcement · Hindsight Bias · Causality and Attribution · Illusion of Validity