Dr. Katse tells students, "If I hit a glass with a feather, the glass will break. Now, imagine that I hit a glass with a feather. What happens?"Most students will say that the glass will not break, even though Dr. Katse has just told them it would, because in the real world feathers can't break glasses. This tendency to abandon logical rules in favor of personal beliefs is called
A) inductive reasoning.
B) a belief bias.
C) deductive reasoning.
D) a discourse.

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Belief bias is the tendency to rely on personal beliefs rather than logical reasoning when evaluating arguments or statements.

Dr Katse Tells Students, "If I Hit a Glass with a Feather