Evidence that confirmation bias is not just a laboratory phenomenon comes from

(a) the episode with Mrs. Keech
(b) Heaven's Gate
(c) the Bay of Pigs fiasco
(d) the statement by Jefferson Davis
(e) all of the above

E

Psychology

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She even erases the letters he writes backwards and fixes them. Charlie probably assumes that he a. is not very good at most things. b. is very good at most things. c. is good at some things and bad at other things. d. has time to learn what he is good at when he gets older.

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