Questions: People's decisions are likely to be biased because they tend to seek out and listen to others whose views confirm their views while they avoid those with dissenting views. This is a characteristic of the availability heuristic. confirmation bias. hindsight bias. the representativeness heuristic.

The answer is confirmation bias.

The availability heuristic refers to the tendency to judge the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind. This is not directly related to seeking out confirming views.

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or theories. This directly relates to the behavior described in the question, where individuals seek out and listen to others whose views confirm their own while avoiding dissenting views.

Hindsight bias is the tendency to see events as having been predictable after they have already occurred. This does not relate to the behavior of seeking confirming views.

The representativeness heuristic involves judging the probability of an event based on how similar it is to a prototype or stereotype. This is not related to the behavior of seeking confirming views.