A Likely Explanation for the Illusory Correlation Effect Is That

question 18

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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