
Your friend Susan arrives late at your birthday party and explains that she missed the bus. Your other friend, Martin, also arrives late and explains that his cat got out, and he had to chase it down the street, where it promptly hid under a neighbour's porch. He couldn't coax it out, so he had to go back home, open a tin of cat food, put it by his neighbour's porch, and wait for the cat to come out.Once it did, he had to take it back home. You will probably believe Susan over Martin because of which barrier to accurate perception?
A) ignoring information
B) overgeneralizing
C) oversimplifying
D) stereotyping
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