People with opposing views of capital punishment reviewed mixed evidence regarding its effectiveness as a crime deterrent. As a result, their opposing views differed more strongly than ever. This best illustrates:

A) the framing effect.

B) functional fixedness.

C) the representativeness heuristic.

D) the belief perseverance phenomenon.

E) the availability heuristic.

A) the framing effect.

Explanation:

Framing effect: The term framing effect is defined as a cognitive bias in which an individual makes a decision about specific information depending on the information being present in a particular context. It is being used in the marketing system to affect the purchasers and decision-makers.

Fundamentally, the framing effect increases with the age of an individual and therefore the person with more age is more influenced as compared to a person with less age.

In the question above, the given statement best illustrates the framing effect.