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

Multiple Choice

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, which necessitates a change of clothes, which makes her late for work and for a very important meeting, which in turn gets her into serious trouble with her boss. Later that evening, in the hospital parking lot, on her way to the emergency room where her brother has just been taken, Sandy finds a dime on the ground. What does research on the confirmation bias suggest that Sandy will do?

A) She will renounce astrology as completely wrong because of all the horrible things that happened on her "lucky day."
B) She will begin to question her belief in astrology because of all the horrible things that happened on her "lucky day."
C) She will seize on the dime she found as evidence of astrology's accuracy.
D) Confirmation bias has little or no relevance to how this person will think about astrology in the future.