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illusory correlation: a standalone construct

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Social psychology

perceiving a relationship between variables that are not related, or overestimating a weak one.

In social psychology, illusory correlation refers to perceiving a relationship between variables that are not related, or overestimating a weak one. This meaning comes from Chapman (1967) in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior.[1]

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References

Chapman, L. J. (1967). Illusory correlation in observational report. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 6(1), 151-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5371(67)80066-5

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