Ross was excited about attending a protest march in Washington, D.C. supporting abortion rights for women. When he asked his girlfriend Jane to go, she remarked, "But Ross, I am pro-life."

Which cognitive bias contributed to Ross' perception that Jane believed the same way he did?
a. primacy effect
b. false consensus bias
c. confirmation bias
d. fundamental attribution error


b

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