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While taking a survey on her opinions on abortion rights, Carolyn feels very conflicted. On the one hand, she believes in a woman’s right to choose to terminate a pregnancy if she wants to, but at the same time she feels like this is not a particularly popular answer. Most of her friends are very opposed to the idea of having an abortion. To make herself feel like a better person, Carolyn distorts her answers to the survey questions. Instead of being totally honest, she answers in ways that make her feel like a better person. This tendency is called a __________.
A) demand characteristic
B) confirmation heuristic
C) response set
D) confounding bias
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