When weighing a decision, Kate places greater emphasis on opinions that match her own than she does on opinions offered by others that disagree with her personal point of view. Kate illustrates which one of the following?
A) Frame dependence
B) Overconfidence
C) Gambler's fallacy
D) Confirmation bias
E) Over-optimism

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Kate is illustrating confirmation bias, which is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

When Weighing a Decision, Kate Places Greater Emphasis on Opinions