The Mistaken Belief That the Co-Occurrence of Two or More

question 20

Multiple Choice

The mistaken belief that the co-occurrence of two or more events is more likely than the occurrence of one of the events alone is called a/an

• A) heuristic error.
• B) conjunctive error.
• C) illusory correlation.
• D) gambler's fallacy.
• E) None of the above

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