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Robin is determined to ban guns in the United States. This is a controversial topic and social scientists have debated whether the ownership of guns by citizens increases or decreases crime. Robin could go to the library and look up studies on the linkage between guns and crime rates. Instead, she just reads the local newspaper and only cuts out articles about robberies in which the criminal used a firearm. Robin is demonstrating ________.
A) stereotype threat      B) confirmation bias      C) mental set      D) mindlessness
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Psychology, 2nd Edition (Minter, Elmhorst, Ciccarelli, White)
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