According to the Text, People Sometimes Believe They Have Found

question 264

Multiple Choice

According to the text, people sometimes believe they have found evidence for ESP when they attribute meaning to coincidental links between variables or events. Such an attribution is called:

• A)sensory adaptation.
• B)illusory correlation.
• C)perceptual constancy.
• D)signal detection.

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