Which of the following students' statements best summarizes the research on the belief-bias effect?
A) Petra: "The belief-bias effect shows us how top-down processing influences logical reasoning; we should emphasize the actual information in the reasoning problem."
B) Chris: "The belief-bias effect illustrates how people systematically keep trying to confirm a hypothesis,rather than trying to disconfirm it."
C) Josh: "According to the belief-bias effect,people systematically prefer a conclusion that is stated in the positive form,rather than a conclusion that uses the word not."
D) Cynthia: "The belief-bias effect shows us that people draw conclusions in logical reasoning on the basis of how frequently their prior beliefs come to mind."
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