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''Alternative or related names<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |last1= Virkler|first1= Henry A.|title= A Christian's Guide to Critical Thinking |url=http://books.google.no/books?id=rUgqAAAACAAJ |accessdate=16 February 2012 |origyear=1993 |publisher= Wipf and Stock Publishers|location= Eugene, OR|isbn= 1-59752-661-4 |pages=101, 117, 124, 127, 170 }}</ref>:'' •''Experimenter Bias'' •''Experimenter Expectancy''
''Alternative or related names:<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |last1= Virkler|first1= Henry A.|title= A Christian's Guide to Critical Thinking |url=http://books.google.no/books?id=rUgqAAAACAAJ |accessdate=16 February 2012 |year=1993 |publisher= Wipf and Stock Publishers|location= Eugene, OR|isbn= 1-59752-661-4 |pages=101, 117, 124, 127, 170 }}</ref>'' •''Experimenter Bias'' •''Experimenter Expectancy''
'''Confirmation bias''' is the tendency to accept evidence confirming what one already feels justified in believing (cf. [[Cherry picking]]) while ignoring, downplaying, or even rejecting evidence that might tend to contradict one's beliefs (cf. [[Damning the Alternatives]]). Confirmation bias is a form of [[cognitive bias]].
'''Confirmation bias''' is the tendency to accept evidence confirming what one already feels justified in believing (cf. [[Cherry picking]]) while ignoring, downplaying, or even rejecting evidence that might tend to contradict one's beliefs (cf. [[Damning the Alternatives]]). Confirmation bias is a form of [[cognitive bias]].