What is the illusory correlation?

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asked Jan 16 in Psychology by RamiroShockl (2.3k points)

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answered Jan 16 by KayleneThibo (1.4k points)

It is the tendency to overestimate the association between a rare event and a distinctive group, leading to the formation of stereotypes.

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