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Ingrid Tried to Darken Her Naturally Blond Hair with Store-Bought

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Ingrid tried to darken her naturally blond hair with store-bought colour and accidentally dyed it black. When she and her friend Minka go to the gym, she notices a woman looking in their direction. "Everybody's staring at me!" she says. "Ingrid," Minka replies, "you pick out the one woman in the whole gym who's staring, just to prove your point!" By looking for evidence that confirms what she believes rather than evidence that does not, Ingrid is relying on the


A) confirmation bias.
B) representativeness heuristic.
C) availability heuristic.
D) algorithmic bias.
E) egocentric heuristic.

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