When the Illusory Correlation Occurs After Only One Exposure to a Behavior

question 55

Short Answer

When the illusory correlation occurs after only one exposure to a behavior performed by a member of an unfamiliar group, the ________________ has occurred.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Process

The mental actions or operations involved in learning, thinking, and understanding; it encompasses perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning.

Disequilibrium

A state of imbalance or instability, often used in economics to describe markets where supply and demand are not in balance, and in psychology, to describe the conflict experienced when existing knowledge does not fit with new information.

Imitative Capacity

The ability of an individual to mimic or reproduce actions, behaviors, or sounds observed from others.

Deferred Imitation

Imitating the behavior of an absent model; illustrates infants’ capacity for mental representation.