Congruence bias is a type of cognitive bias similar to confirmation bias. Congruence bias occurs due to people 's overreliance on directly testing a given hypothesis as well as neglecting indirect testing .
Congruence bias is the tendency of people to over-rely on testing their initial hypothesis (the most congruent one) while neglecting to test alternative hypotheses. That is, people rarely try experiments that could disprove their initial belief, but rather try to repeat their initial results. It is a special case of the confirmation bias .
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a type of cognitive bias similar to confirmation bias. Congruence bias occurs due to people 's overreliance on directly testing a given hypothesis as well as neglecting indirect testing
the tendency of people to over-rely on testing their initial hypothesis (the most congruent one) while neglecting to test alternative hypotheses. That is, people rarely try experiments that could disprove their initial belief, but rather try to repeat their initial results. It is a special case of the confirmation bias