Will and Kristyn Are Laying on a Hill Looking Up

question 59

Multiple Choice

Will and Kristyn are laying on a hill looking up at the stars.Kristyn looks over and sees the face of a man appearing on the moon.She fails to consider that this face is really a combination of craters on the moon's surface and her own perceptual abilities creating meaning.She has fallen victim to

• A)patternicity.
• B)belief perseverance.
• C)the either-or fallacy.
• D)the confirmation bias.

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