Connie believes that she has severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) because she has been coughing and sneezing for the past few days. However, Connie fails to realize that if she truly had SARS, she would be exhibiting several other symptoms as well. Connie seems to be ____.?
a. ?exhibiting functional fixedness
b. ?ignoring negative evidence
c. ?considering multiple hypotheses
d. ?using the anchoring heuristic
ANSWER:
b
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