Todd's horoscope predicted that he would soon travel to a faraway land. That night, while playing the board game Risk, he ended up capturing territory on the Asian continent, a faraway land. He smiles knowingly. Todd's example illustrates:
A) Hindsight bias
B) Confirmation bias
C) The availability heuristic
D) The sunk cost effect
E) The representativeness heuristic

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Todd's example illustrates confirmation bias because he interprets the event of capturing territory in a board game as fulfilling the prediction of his horoscope, selectively acknowledging information that confirms his pre-existing beliefs or predictions.

Todd's Horoscope Predicted That He Would Soon Travel to a Faraway