Which of the following represented a "belief" effect?
A)Clinical psychologists deviate from the DSM-IV based on their personal views of cause-effect relations.
B)Israeli students tend to judge simultaneous events in history from Europe as occurring before the matched event in North America.
C)the confirmation bias
D)all of the above

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All options represent a "belief" effect where personal beliefs or biases influence judgments or decisions. Clinical psychologists may let personal beliefs about causality affect their diagnoses (A), cultural or educational backgrounds can influence perceptions of historical timing (B), and the confirmation bias (C) is a well-documented tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Which of the Following Represented a "Belief" Effect