According to the research on the confirmation bias,

a. people would rather focus on the antecedent than on the consequent.
b. people would rather think in terms of what is not true than in terms of what is true.
c. people would rather confirm a hypothesis than disprove it.
d. people would rather deny the consequent than affirm the antecedent.


Ans: c

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