Question
____ is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it.
Answer
Belief perseverance is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it.
The difference is that confirmation bias is an act of seeking out information to confirm our belief, while perseverance is simply standing our ground as information is given to us. One = seeking out information, the other = information is presented to us
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