In support of top-down processing, semantic priming research has demonstrated the

The tendency to look for evidence in support of a belief and to ignore evidence that would disprove a belief is called the ______

a. availability heuristic c. confirmation bias b. idealized cognitive model d. representativeness heuristic

Geraldine is taking a psychology test. She reads a multiple-choice question and realizes she doesn't know the answer. Since she doesn't know the correct answer, she decides to at least eliminate the incorrect answers. Her tactic is an example of ______

a. means-end analysis c. creating subgoals b. hill-climbing d. working backward