Hannah knows her patient has muscle pain and suspects a strained muscle. She then asks the patient only about symptoms associated with a strained muscle and not about symptoms associated with other conditions involving muscle pain. Hannah is exhibiting ____.?

a. ?analogous thinking
b. ?functional fixedness
c. ?confirmation bias
d. ?the anchoring heuristic

ANSWER:
c

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