disconfirmation bias

This effect, known as "disconfirmation bias", has been supported by other experiments.

This is an example of 'disconfirmation bias', the tendency to set higher standards for evidence that contradicts one's expectations.

This is an example of disconfirmation bias.

In cultures where human extinction is not expected the proposition must overcome the "disconfirmation bias" against heterodox theories.

With Ross and Charles Lord he also authored an important study on attitude change and what is now called disconfirmation bias.