A Likely Explanation for the Illusory Correlation Effect Is That

question 94

Multiple Choice

A likely explanation for the illusory correlation effect is that

• A) people choose a stereotype as an anchor, and they make only small adjustments based on that anchor.
• B) people believe that correlations are illusions, somewhat similar to optical illusions.
• C) we pay too much attention to just one cell in the matrix, rather than the three other possible combinations of variables.
• D) we select the least available cell as an anchor, and then we make adjustments away from that anchor.

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