An Apparent,although False,association Between Two Variables That Is Caused by a Third

question 52

Multiple Choice

An apparent,although false,association between two variables that is caused by a third variable is called

• A)a spurious correlation.
• B)an unproven correlation.
• C)an unreliable correlation.
• D)an invalid correlation.

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Definitions:

Source Misattribution

The inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from information you learned about the event elsewhere.

Actual Memory

The true and accurate recollection of past events, as opposed to reconstructed or imagined memories.

Confabulation

Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened.

Confabulation

A memory disturbance characterized by the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive.