Studies on the belief-bias effect conclude that
a. in general, people select answers that are correct from a logical standpoint.
b. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic often operates inappropriately.
c. people typically have the biased belief that they ought to affirm the consequent.
d. people often select answers that are "common sense" rather than logically correct.
Ans: d
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