Illusory correlation
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Illusory correlation is the phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables (typically people, events, or behaviors) even when no such relationship exists. A false association may be formed because rare or novel occurrences are more salient and therefore tend to capture one's attention.
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See also
- Apophenia
- Clustering illusion
- Cognitive bias
- Confirmation bias
- Cum hoc ergo propter hoc
- Observer bias
- Observer-expectancy effect
- Pareidolia
- Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- Radical behaviorism
- Subject-expectancy effect
- Superstition
- Thin-slicing
- Spurious relationship
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