On an application a potential employee describes herself as friendly. In talking with references, before you meet her, you ask questions that probe for information that this expectation is correct. You are engaging in:.

Group of options were omitted which  include

A. the fundamental attribution error.

B. the primacy effect.

C. confirmation bias.

D. self-monitoring

CONFIRMATION BIAS -- C

Explanation:

Confirmation bias is a cognitive bias of a  psychological phenomena whereby people seek information to support their initial opinions while disregarding any other opposing data  that contradicts their opinions or beliefs

In the question above, you are engaging in Confirmation bias when you only search for information that aligns with your known  beliefs from the application  that the potential employee is friendly that is why you only probe for information that will correlate with the belief

Generally, In the society People are  selective when gathering information and tend to seek only information and  sources  that agree with their personal beliefs, which explains why people do not behave rationally and remain ignorant as they tend to be comfortable with only the beliefs they have.

1. government controls industry through policy

2.government is both a consumer and a producer

4. government can use policy t influence economy

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i believe the answer is: description

description refers to the goal of psychologist to identify the phenomenon that being observed. this goal is being actualized by collecting data/information from various clues that observed through the phenomenon. this goal must be accomplished before pyschologist able to create methods of treatment.