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Sandy, a True Believer in Astrology, Reads in Her Horoscope

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Sandy, a true believer in astrology, reads in her horoscope that today is her lucky day. She gets so excited that she spills coffee all over herself, necessitating a change of clothes. As a result, she is late for work and for a very important meeting, which in turn gets her into serious trouble with her boss. That evening, her brother is taken to the emergency room. On her way to visit him, Sandy finds a dime in the hospital parking lot. What does research on the confirmation bias suggest that Sandy will do


A) Sandy will renounce astrology as completely wrong because of all the horrible things that happened on her "lucky day."
B) Sandy will begin to question her belief in astrology because of all the horrible things that happened on her "lucky day."
C) Sandy will seize on the dime she found as evidence of astrology's accuracy.
D) Sandy will forget finding the dime because of the all the horrible things that happened to her.

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