Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as:
A. The representativeness heuristic
B. Belief perseverance
C. Confirmation bias
D. Functional fixedness
Ans: B. Belief perseverance
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false