A person consistently seeks out news sources and social media groups that align with their existing political beliefs, often dismissing information from other perspectives as biased or unreliable. Which cognitive bias is best illustrated by this behavior?

The correct answer to the question "A person consistently seeks out news sources and social media groups that align with their existing political beliefs, often dismissing information from other perspectives as biased or unreliable. Which cognitive bias is best illustrated by this behavior?" is Option C: Confirmation Bias.

The other options — A) Anchoring Effect, B) Availability Heuristic, D) Dunning-Kruger Effect — are incorrect for this General Knowledge question. As explained above: Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's pre-existing beliefs or hypotheses, as seen in seeking out agreeable news source…