Fifth, the literature can be used as a further source of possible disconfirmation.

By seeking exceptions you allow disconfirmation of your data and interpretations.

This effect, known as "disconfirmation bias", has been supported by other experiments.

Five conditions must be met for someone to become a more fervent believer after disconfirmation.

Without the adjustive function, this may lead to behavioral disconfirmation.

"You can think of this as a disconfirmation of what we previously thought was true," he said.

The fifth condition is especially important as it states the specific circumstance under which the belief can continue after disconfirmation.

It is not subject to empirical confirmation or disconfirmation.

"In the past, confirmation as well as disconfirmation took a long time to verify," he said.

All combinations are sought that could lead to a confirmation or a disconfirmation of the corresponding concept.

"The minute you set a date, you are courting disconfirmation," she said.

Schwann also examined the question of spontaneous generation, which led to its eventual disconfirmation.

A disconfirmation of a predicted event should presumably lead one to abandon the beliefs that produced the prediction.

This is an example of 'disconfirmation bias', the tendency to set higher standards for evidence that contradicts one's expectations.

This is an example of disconfirmation bias.

Somehow, this article of faith survives daily disconfirmation.

To create the disconfirmation, after a few trials the experimenters paired a new outcome with a previous stimulus.

But a disconfirmation is a stimulus, a call to action which impels one to stumble forward in order to seek improvements.

The likelihood of social disconfirmation seems too slim and too implausible to make the risk worthwhile.

Confirmation, disconfirmation, and information in hypothesis testing.

It can mean confirmation or disconfirmation.

To them the disconfirmation was "painfully obvious", and researchers used them as a case study in cognitive dissonance.

Unfreezing": Faced with a dilemma or disconfirmation, the individual or group becomes aware of a need to change. "

Maintaining stereotypes in the face of disconfirmation: Constructing grounds for subtyping deviants.

Expectation confirmation theory involves four primary constructs: expectations, perceived performance, disconfirmation of beliefs, and satisfaction.