(1) Illusory correlations occurs when we believe that two unrelated variables have a relationship between each other. An example of illusory correlations is an individual who goes to an interview wear

(1)

Illusory correlations occurs when we believe that two unrelated variables have a relationship between each other.

An example of illusory correlations is an individual who goes to an interview wearing a bright green tie. The individual gets the job and attributes it to his bright green tie. Even though he was wearing a new shirt, new pants and new shoes. He was more than qualified for the position but the bright green tie was more distinctive and easier to recognize giving credit to.

This illusory correlation is also to blame for many stereotypes. In many cases defaulting to the color of our skin, sex, age, and other features.

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Illusory correlation is a bit like stereotyping or overly generalizing something depending on our experiences with it. I have heard on the radio and other places, a common joke about Asian women being bad or timid drivers. I don’t know how this came about, I have personally never even looked at, or thought about a bad drivers ethnicity or appearance. This is illusory to me because one or a few bad drivers does not make all people of that gender or race bad drivers.

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