Dr. garonski is testing his hypothesis that people use hand gestures more in communication when emotionally aroused than when calm. when his results were reviewed, it was noted that dr. garonski sometimes missed seeing small gestures in the calm condition. this is an example of the

The answer is confirmation bias.

Explanation:

Confirmation bias is considered a tendency to search for, interpret, as well as recall information to confirm one's most important personal beliefs. People usually show this bias when they remember some information selectively.

This can also happen when people interpret the information through a biased way. People usually interpret ambiguous evidence through their existing position. Aspects like biased search, interpretation, and memory are used to describe attitude polarization, belief perseverance, as well as illusory correlation.    

sir frederic attributed inaccuracies to schemas. memory reconstruction is one part actual events and one part personal schema, which can result in inaccuracies when memories are reconstructed.