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Helga and Halla are sisters who vehemently disagree about politics and support opposing parties. When they watch a news story about how a Republican congressional representative has been accused of embezzling campaign funds to support his drug addiction, Republican Helga immediately dismisses the story, while Democrat Halla counters that "of course it's true." Both women are demonstrating ___________.

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Answer :

confirmation bias

Explanation:

confirmation bias occurs as a result of something like a biased confirmation for a belief. For example if a teacher believes a child is naughty because she has been told he is naughty she may give him special attention in class to confirm this belief and any little resistance from the child may be perceived immediately as the child being naughty as believed. This is demonstrated above with the two girls