• 2022-06-06
    Question 3In the story, The Adventure of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes made a remark to a fellow detective about the "curious incident" of a watchdog's behavior during the night. The dog had not barked, so the dog must have known the culprit well. What cognitive phenomenon did the great Sherlock Holmes avoid in this example?
    A: post hoc ergo propter hoc
    B: base rate neglect
    C: the confirmation bias
    D: appeal to authority
    E: multiple endpoints