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confirmation bias

The habit of noticing evidence that agrees with what you already think.

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Cognition 84% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

psychology of thinking 25% interchangeable

Preference for evidence supporting existing beliefs.

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Attention noun · 81% connection

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; excl…

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cognitive bias noun · 81% connection

A predictable way in which thinking can become distorted.

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Perception noun · 81% connection

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented…

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Schema noun · 81% connection

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dot…

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working memory noun · 81% connection

The small amount of information the mind can actively use at one time.

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Agreer noun · 78% connection

One who agrees.

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Approvement noun · 78% connection

a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidenc…

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Argue verb · 78% connection

give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

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Assertion noun · 78% connection

A firm claim that may still need to be proved.

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Bargainee verb · 78% connection

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold.

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Bear out verb · 78% connection

support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

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Believe verb · 78% connection

judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "…

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Conceive verb · 78% connection

judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "…

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Consider verb · 78% connection

judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "…

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Corroborate verb · 78% connection

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

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Corroborating evidence noun · 78% connection

additional evidence or evidence of different kind that supports a proof already offered in a proceeding

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Cumulative adjective · 78% connection

Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.

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Estoppel noun · 78% connection

a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled

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Evidence noun · 78% connection

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…

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Forward transaction noun · 78% connection

a transaction in which a party purchases or sales a given product, and agrees to deliver it at a specific future time.

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Fruit of the poisonous tree noun · 78% connection

a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not…

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Habit noun · 78% connection

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retain…

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Habitual noun · 78% connection

According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.

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