A manager decides to hire the applicant she is currently interviewing and does not seek negative information about that applicant. This is known as
A) Regression to the mean.
B) Confirmation trap.
C) Retrievability.
D) Conjunction fallacy.

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The manager is exhibiting the confirmation trap, where she is seeking information that confirms her current belief or decision (in this case, the decision to hire the applicant) and ignoring or not seeking information that could disprove it.

A Manager Decides to Hire the Applicant She Is Currently