After Studying the Critical Reading Section in This Chapter, Alex

question 4

Multiple Choice

After studying the critical reading section in this chapter, Alex and Sabrina discussed whether emotion always makes people irrational. Alex said, "I still think it does." Sabrina said, "You're telling me that after all the research we read about this question, you still think it does?" Alex is apparently showing which thinking error?

• A) Belief bias
• B) Belief perseverance
• C) Self-serving bias
• D) Illusory correlation

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