Group of options were omitted which include
A. the fundamental attribution error.
B. the primacy effect.
C. confirmation bias.
D. self-monitoring
Answer: CONFIRMATION BIAS -- C
Explanation:
Confirmation bias is a cognitive bias of a psychological phenomena whereby people seek information to support their initial opinions while disregarding any other opposing data that contradicts their opinions or beliefs
In the question above, you are engaging in Confirmation bias when you only search for information that aligns with your known beliefs from the application that the potential employee is friendly that is why you only probe for information that will correlate with the belief
Generally, In the society People are selective when gathering information and tend to seek only information and sources that agree with their personal beliefs, which explains why people do not behave rationally and remain ignorant as they tend to be comfortable with only the beliefs they have.
