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-In the face of the evidence in the graph, confirmation bias might contribute to the persistence of a person's belief that there is a connection between a full moon and strange events because the person would
A) continue to take into account strange events that happen both around the time of the full moon and at other times in the lunar cycle.
B) pay attention to strange events only if they coincide with a full moon.
C) frame the strange events that occur around the time of the full moon as being stranger than they actually are.
D) say that he never believed there to be such a connection, anyway.

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-In the face of the evidence in the graph, confirmation bias might contribute to the persistence of a person's belief that there is a connection between a full moon and strange events because the person would
A) continue to take into account strange events that happen both around the time of the full moon and at other times in the lunar cycle. 
B) pay attention to strange events only if they coincide with a full moon. 
C) frame the strange events that occur around the time of the full moon as being stranger than they actually are. 
D) say that he never believed there to be such a connection, anyway.

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Confirmation bias occurs when people seek out information that confirms their existing beliefs and ignore information that contradicts those beliefs. In the case of a belief in the connection between a full moon and strange events, a person with confirmation bias would only pay attention to strange events that happen during a full moon and ignore strange events that occur during other times in the lunar cycle. This is consistent with choice B.

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