GEN103 Week 2 - Discussion 1- Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias is when someone seek out information that confirms your point of view. Basically, looking for information that will support their beliefs on a topic. I feel that it is very important for researchers to be more mindful and aware of confirmation bias because it opens many doors to see one side of something and its two sides to every story.

My research paper is on dating in the workplace. With this topic I would like to survey co workers who are dating at my job to see the ends and outs of things. Also learn from both parties on the boundaries at work when being in a relationship.  I see it a lot at work with colleagues dating each other. Also I would like to ask if they was to go their separate ways as in break up how would that look like when they are still working together.

I rarely knew much about confirmation bias and I didn’t realize I have done such thing while writing other papers for class. Now I know more about confirmation bias and how to minimize certain things in my paper on seeing one side of the picture and now how to see both sides