Question

jennys grandfather thinks all female drivers are bad. he drives around all day, and once he sees a female driver go through a red light. \ha!\ he thinks to himself, \theres another bad driver!\ this is an example of: a. social cognition. b. confirmation bias. c. the fundamental attribution error. d. self - efficacy.

Explanation:

Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out, interpret, or remember information that confirms one's pre - existing beliefs. Jenny's grandfather already believes all female drivers are bad. When he sees a female driver run a red light, he uses this incident to confirm his pre - existing belief about female drivers. Social cognition is a broader term about how we process social info, fundamental attribution error is about over - emphasizing dispositional factors in others' behavior, and self - efficacy is about one's belief in their own ability to achieve a goal, so these don't fit.

Answer:

B. confirmation bias.