Andre first became suspicious of his roommate's honesty while trying to account for his own missing wallet. Although Andre later recalled that he had left his wallet in the glove compartment of his own car, his newly formed doubt about his roommate's honesty remained strong as ever. Andre's irrational suspicion of his roommate best illustrates
A) confirmation bias.
B) the representativeness heuristic.
C) functional fixedness.
D) the belief perseverance phenomenon.
E) the framing effect.
Answer: D) the belief perseverance phenomenon.
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