Identify a True Statement About Distinctive Events and Illusory Correlations

question 14

Multiple Choice

Identify a true statement about distinctive events and illusory correlations.

• A)People predominantly lack sensitivity to distinctive events.
• B)The co-occurrence of two distinctive events is barely noticeable.
• C)Under illusory correlation,the co-occurrence of two unusual events is less noticeable than each of the times the unusual events do not occur together.
• D)Attention to unusual occurrences creates illusory correlations.

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Definitions:

Sex Cells

Reproductive cells (also known as gametes) that contain half the genetic material of an organism and unite during fertilization to form a new organism.

Chromosomes

Structures composed of DNA and protein found in the nucleus of cells that carry genetic information in the form of genes.

Genes

Units of hereditary information located on chromosomes, made up of DNA, which determine specific traits or characteristics of an organism.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid, a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.