Cosmo is convinced that his accountant is addicted to drugs. To determine whether he is correct, Cosmo asks his friends if the accountant sniffs a lot, uses slang when he speaks, or frequently excuses himself to use the men's room—three behaviors Cosmo believes are characteristic of those with drug addictions. Cosmo's methods illustrate
a. the false-consensus effect.
b. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
c. confirmatory hypothesis testing.
d. the trait negativity bias.
c
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