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Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises

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Biased assimilation and attitude polarization: The effects of prior theories on subsequently considered evidence.

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Human Inference: Strategies and Shortcomings of Social Judgment.

Christopher Cherniak, Richard E. Nisbett, L. Ronald Ross · The Philosophical Review · 1983 · 4.3K citations

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Book Review Nisbett, R. , &amp; Ross, L.<i>Human inference: Strategies and shortcomings of social judgment.</i>Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1980.

George A. Miller, Nancy Cantor · Social Cognition · 1982 · 2.9K citations

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Human Inference: Strategies and Shortcomings of Social Judgment.

Terry Connolly, Richard E. Nisbett, Lee Ross · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1981 · 2.7K citations

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