Editing Confirmation bias (section)

=== Make-believe ===
Developmental psychologist Eve Whitmore has argued that beliefs and biases involved in confirmation bias have their roots in childhood coping through make-believe, which becomes "the basis for more complex forms of self-deception and illusion into adulthood." The friction brought on by questioning as an adolescent with developing critical thinking can lead to the rationalization of false beliefs, and the habit of such rationalization can become unconscious over the years.<ref name = "apa">{{cite journal |author1=American Psychological Association |title=Why we're susceptible to fake news – and how to defend against it |journal=[[Skeptical Inquirer]] |date=2018 |volume=42 |issue=6 |pages=8–9 |mode=cs2}}</ref>