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54 UNIT 09 | Someone’s watching Expand your vocabulary: Media literacy Complete the word family table. Noun Verb Adjective evaluation sensationalise confirm — (il)literate trust — (un)truthful verification — objective (mis)inform Read the article about confirmation bias. In most lines (1–15) there is a word that should not be there. Write these words in the spaces provided. 2–4 lines are correct. Make a in the space if the line is correct. There are two examples (0, 00) at the beginning. LANGUAGE 3 LANGUAGE IN USE 4 Confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias that involves favouring information that confirms of your previously existing beliefs or biases. For example, imagine that a person holds a belief in that left-handed people are many more creative than right-handed people. Whenever this person encounters a person that is both left-handed and creative, they place greater importance on to this ‘evidence’ that supports what they already believe. This individual might than even seek ‘proof’ that further backs up on this belief while discounting examples that don’t support the idea. Unfortunately, we all have confirmation bias. Even so if you believe you are very open-minded and don’t only observe the facts before coming to conclusions, it’s very likely that some bias will shape your opinion in the end. It’s very difficult to fight this natural tendency. That was said, if we know about confirmation bias and must accept the fact that it does exist, we can make an conscious effort to recognise it by working to be curious about opposing views and really listening to that what others have to say and why. This can help us see issues and beliefs from one another perspective, though we still need to be very conscious of pushing past our bias. of (0) (00) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) Confirmation bias Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv