Eliza believes that exposure to violent media makes people more aggressive and decides to look
up research on this topic. She spends an hour reading one particular study that found higher
levels of aggression after exposure to 30 minutes of a violent action movie versus a nonviolent
action movie, but she skips past multiple other studies showing that violent media and aggression
are not related. Because of this, she concludes that her belief about the relationship between
violent media and aggression is correct.
What type of faulty thinking is Eliza displaying?
being swayed by a good story
availability heuristic
confirmation bias
present/present bias