Wilma believed that her local senator was an honest, law-biding citizen. When he was indicted on charges of insider trading, she told all her friends there had been a mistake and he would soon be cleared. Finally, the senator confessed to the crimes and served time in prison. Through all of this, Wilma kept insisting he had been framed and was taking the blame to protect someone else. In this

example, Wilma shows strong evidence of:

a. belief persistence
b. the framing effect
c. the availability heuristic
d. memory reconstruction

A