Orhan first became suspicious of his roommate's honesty while trying to account for his own missing billfold. Although Orhan later recalled that he had left his billfold in the glove compartment of his own car, his newly formed doubt about his roommate's honesty remained as strong as ever. Orhan'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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