ESP Believers and ESP Disbelievers Participated in a Study in Which

Multiple Choice

ESP believers and ESP disbelievers participated in a study in which they watched two attempts to demonstrate telepathic communication. Although the participants didn't know it, one attempt was rigged to appear successful, and the other attempt was rigged to fail. Following the demonstration:

A) all of the participants incorrectly remembered both attempts as being unsuccessful.
B) the ESP disbelievers thought that ESP did not occur in either the successful or the unsuccessful demonstration.
C) only the ESP believers said that ESP had taken place in the unsuccessful attempt, thus demonstrating the belief-bias effect.
D) only the ESP disbelievers said that ESP had taken place in the unsuccessful attempt, thus demonstrating the fallacy of positive instances.