I need help remembering a word

[AZgreentea]

Its making me crazy. There is a phrase that officially describes the idea of "selective memory". Basically its the tendency to remember the facts that support your argument or preconceived notion, and forget the things that refute it.

For example, lets say you think your internet is slow. You will tend to remember the times when it lagged or hung and forget the times when it zipped or whipped by.

[Feralthyrtiaq]

Delusion?

[LookingForABentoBox]

the fallacy of misleading vividness?
fallacy of incomplete/suppressed evidence?
edit:
selective attention?
confirmation bias?

[Angelus_dead]

Confirmation bias.

[GotSomeQuestions]

Sounds like Confirmation Bias.

But if not, check Wikipedia's list of cognitive biases for some more options.

[somenewnoob]

Confirmation bias.

That'd be my guess too. I remembered some of my one semester of Psych!

[Claransa]

Tunnel vision

[Missing_Minds]

Confirmation bias.

I think this is it, but you could also be thinking of "selective memory" or "selective amnesia."

[Memnir]

Politics.

[Astraghal]

Embelishment?

[dunklezhan]

Teenaged?

No! Wait! I have it!

Journalist.

that's the one. Oh, that or confirmation bias.

[LookingForABentoBox]

phlegmatic
jetsam
conflagration
reconnoiter
mercurial
edit: prestidigitation

[merentha]

I was going to reply 'married', but then remembered that's "selective hearing". My sarcastic replies were covered but in seriousness it does sound like you are looking for "confirmation bias". Another fun slang is "drinking the cool-aid", but that can be inflammatory in the wrong company.

[Chai]

Sounds like a DPS discussion on ye ald DDO forums.

[amnota]

/lfm?

[AZgreentea]

Confirmation Bias!

I should probably take a semester of Phsyc, but I am afraid it will mess me up even more.

[Rodasch]

Its making me crazy. There is a phrase that officially describes the idea of "selective memory". Basically its the tendency to remember the facts that support your argument or preconceived notion, and forget the things that refute it.

For example, lets say you think your internet is slow. You will tend to remember the times when it lagged or hung and forget the times when it zipped or whipped by.

Confirmation Bias
Willful Ignorance
Self-fulfilling prophecy
circular reasoning
selective recall

Any of those what you were thinking of?

[danotmano1998]

Its making me crazy. There is a phrase that officially describes the idea of "selective memory". Basically its the tendency to remember the facts that support your argument or preconceived notion, and forget the things that refute it.

For example, lets say you think your internet is slow. You will tend to remember the times when it lagged or hung and forget the times when it zipped or whipped by.

Being Male, according to my wife.

[somenewnoob]

Being Male, according to my wife.

lol

Interesting.....being female is what I was thinking.........

"I need new shoes"

"Honey you have over 30 pairs of shoes you've never even worn"

"But these are on sale"

"But you have 30 pairs......"

"I'm buying them, they are on sale"

[HanzelC]

Crs