Candace Was Having Dinner with Friends When One Asked the Group

Candace was having dinner with friends when one asked the group to name Australia's capital city.Sydney popped immediately into Candace's mind as a likely answer,but she waited to see what her other friends thought was right.Some were confident that the capital city was Sydney,while others thought it might be Canberra.Consistent with the self-validation hypothesis,Candace was persuaded that ________ was the right answer because ________.

A) Canberra; of the similarity between the city name and her own name
B) Sydney; having "Sydney" pop into her mind so quickly made her confident it was right
C) Canberra; having "Sydney" pop in her mind so quickly made her suspicious about whether it could be right
D) Sydney; she recalled watching a movie set in Sydney recently

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