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In the video of Jane Elliott and the experiment with the children with blue and brown eyes, the teacher demonstrated a cognitive error when she made an assumption and then only paid attention to the data that supported her assumption or belief, and ignored any data that might challenge her beliefs or assumption. This error is calledGroup of answer choicesBias by DefaultConfirmation BiasIgnorance is BlissBlissful Ignorance

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In the video of Jane Elliott and the experiment with the children with blue and brown eyes, the teacher demonstrated a cognitive error when she made an assumption and then only paid attention to the data that supported her assumption or belief, and ignored any data that might challenge her beliefs or assumption. This error is calledGroup of answer choicesBias by DefaultConfirmation BiasIgnorance is BlissBlissful Ignorance

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The error demonstrated by the teacher in Jane Elliott's experiment is called Confirmation Bias. This is a cognitive bias where one only pays attention to information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs and ignores information that contradicts them.

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