The forensic confirmation bias: Problems, perspectives, and proposed solutions.
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...When the sampling approach is not random and subjective, the results from the validation study can only apply to the same group of individuals, and the differences between the results from validation studies and self-reporting instruments cannot be used to adjust for differences in any group of individuals.(12,16) Hence, when choosing a predesigned and validated selfreporting instrument, information on the group of participants enrolled in the validation process should be obtained....
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...the medical literature, some of which are even illustrated in DNA matching.(16)...
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...The National Academy of Science in theUS and the Forensic Regulator in theUKhavehighlighted the review of standards and process within disciplines undertaking forensic science and underlined the potential for subjective interpretations and bias [3]....
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...The skeletal remains were of a full body, and included a complete skull, andmandible,with themajority of postcranial elements presented in a good condition....
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..., [18]) – has been observed in many different settings, such as forensic science [19], consumer behavior [20], politics [21], and investment behavior [22]....
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...As Kunda (1990) noted, “people do not seem to be at liberty to conclude whatever they want to conclude merely because they want to” (p....
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...Although imilar effects can be driven by motivation (Balcetis & Dunning, 006, 2010; Radel & Clement-Guillotin, 2012), confirmation biases re a natural and automatic feature of human cognition that can ccur in the absence of self-interest (Nickerson, 1998) and operate ithout conscious awareness (Findley & Scott, 2006; Kunda, 1990)....
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...Kunda (1990) argued that motivation influences reasoning ndirectly as a result of two types of goals: accuracy goals, where ndividuals strive to form an accurate belief or judgment, and irectional goals, where individuals seek a particular desired concluion....
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...Although imilar effects can be driven by motivation (Balcetis & Dunning, 006, 2010; Radel & Clement-Guillotin, 2012), confirmation biases re a natural and automatic feature of human cognition that can ccur in the absence of self-interest (Nickerson, 1998) and operate ithout conscious awareness (Findley & Scott, 2006; Kunda, 1990)....
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...This research literature can be traced to Asch’s (1946) initial finding of primacy effects in impression formation by which information about a person presented early in a sequence is weighed more heavily than information presented later which is ignored, discounted, or assimilated into the early-formed impression....
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