Yesterday, Dr

Multiple Choice

Yesterday, Dr. Ling announced to his biopsychology class, "If we are going to have a review session on Tuesday, everyone in the class will receive an e-mail message on Friday." Elspeth is enrolled in the class, and she did not receive a message on Friday. Based on these premises, she concludes that the class will not have a review session on Tuesday. She is using the kind of reasoning known as

A) affirming the antecedent.
B) affirming the consequent.
C) denying the antecedent.
D) denying the consequent.