Maribel is on a jury and she is already convinced that the defendant in the case is not guilty. She listens very attentively to everything the defense attorneys have to say, but she tends to pay less attention when the prosecution is presenting evidence. In this instance, Maribel is showing evidence of:

a. a confirmation bias
b. the framing effect
c. functional fixedness
d. the availability heuristic

A

Psychology

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