You Develop the Belief (Hypothesis) That Your Significant Other Wants

question 75

Multiple Choice

You develop the belief (hypothesis) that your significant other wants to break up with you. You have a phone conversation in which your significant other sounds stressed out but says several nice things about you. According to the confirmation bias, you are most likely to

• A) notice and remember the tone of voice while ignoring the nice comments.
• B) notice and remember the nice comments while ignoring the tone of voice.
• C) notice and remember everything that took place during the conversation.
• D) develop a new belief (hypothesis) that your significant other is under a lot of stress.

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