Although some students in mr. castillo's history class seek out new information, many of them, like jerita, ignore new facts. as jerita reads, she looks for information that matches what she already believes. she thinks any new information will cloud her judgment or confuse her understanding about the causes of the american civil war. jerita is exhibiting

Jerita is exhibiting "confirmation bias".

Explanation:

Confirmation bias is a cognitive process that makes us believe only the things we already think or agree with.

It's easier for us to trust in the information we believe than in facts that represents a challenge for our way of thinking, even when this act brings us negative consequences, like this case, in an academic matter.

Having this complete faith in our bias makes us think we are right when we are probably wrong. It's like your brain tricking you, and we have to be careful when it comes to learning new information.

Every new learning is useful.

the turtle carries new life, oat seeds, over to the other side of the highway and plants them there.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .