Maribel is on a jury and she is already convinced that the defendant in the case is not guilty.She listens very attentively to everything the defense attorneys have to say, but she tends to pay less attention when the prosecution is presenting evidence.In this instance, Maribel is showing evidence of:
A)a confirmation bias
B)the framing effect
C)functional fixedness
D)the availability heuristic

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Maribel's pre-existing belief that the defendant is not guilty is leading her to selectively attend to information that supports this belief and ignore contradictory information, which is an example of confirmation bias. The other options do not accurately describe Maribel's behavior in this scenario.

Maribel Is on a Jury and She Is Already Convinced