In Informal Surveys, People Always Overestimate the Number of Lesbians

question 58

Multiple Choice

In informal surveys, people always overestimate the number of lesbians who have AIDS. Lesbians actually have extremely low rates of AIDS, but people tend to associate lesbians with gay men (who have relatively high rates) . Thus, people tend to think that they see a lesbian-AIDS relationship when in fact there is no such relationship. This is a good example of the ____.

• A)false consensus effect
• B)illusory correlation
• C)belief in a just world hypothesis
• D)contrast effect

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