Kennedy is visiting a friend's new apartment when she suddenly gets the eerie feeling that she has been there before. Assuming Kennedy has never actually been to the apartment before, she appears to be experiencing
A) an out-of-body experience.
B) hypnosis.
C) the "hidden observer" phenomenon.
D) déjà vu.
Answer: D
Rationale: Déjà vu, is a distinct feeling of having seen or experienced a current situation. It generally begins with an individual entering a new situation, or a subtle shift of attention and then it sets in—the feeling that I've been here before, doing and seeing the exact same things.
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