One-sided Presentation of Evidence
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Hey Reader,
In your today’s platter of Psychology, I am going to tell you about One-sided Presentation of Evidence aka Cherry-picking.
Cherry-Picking
One-sided presentation of evidence, also known as bias or cherry-picking, is when information is selectively presented in a way that supports a particular viewpoint or conclusion, while suppressing or ignoring information that contradicts or undermines that viewpoint or conclusion.
One-sided presentation of evidence can be problematic, as it can lead to inaccurate or false conclusions, and can be used to deliberately mislead or manipulate people. It is important to be aware of this type of bias when evaluating information and to seek out multiple sources and perspectives in order to get a more complete and accurate understanding of a subject.
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What do I need to know?
One-sided presentation of evidence can occur in various forms, such as:
Omitting important information: Not providing all the relevant facts and data that might change the conclusion.
Selective reporting: Reporting only the information that supports a certain viewpoint, while ignoring or downplaying information that contradicts it.
Loaded language: Using language that is emotive, misleading or manipulative to influence people's perceptions and opinions.
Confirmation bias: Seeking out and interpreting information in a way that confirms pre-existing beliefs, while disregarding information that contradicts those beliefs.
Hasty generalization: Making broad conclusions based on limited or unrepresentative evidence.
References & Studies: -
https://catalogofbias.org/biases/one-sided-reference-bias/