Imagine this situation. You give yourself an ice cream cone when you make an A on a test. You are having an ice cream cone, therefore, you made an A on a test. This illustrates ________.
A) the confirmation bias
B) affirming the consequent
C) inductive reasoning
D) deductive reasoning

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This illustrates affirming the consequent, which is a logical fallacy in which the consequent of an if-then statement is taken to be evidence for the antecedent. In this case, the if-then statement is "if I make an A on a test, then I will give myself an ice cream cone." The person's having an ice cream cone is the consequent, and they are using it to conclude that they made an A on a test. However, there are other possible reasons why someone might have an ice cream cone, so this conclusion does not logically follow.

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