Which of the following students has the best explanation for illusory correlations?
a. Tim: "Illusory correlations arise when people focus their attention on only one set of characteristics, and they do not consider the other sets of characteristics"
b. Joanne: "Illusory correlations are based on the inappropriate use of confidence intervals."
c. Sophie: "Illusory correlations resemble the conjunction fallacy, in which we believe that two psychological characteristics or categories are related to each other."
d. Ingo: "Actually, a recent meta-analysis showed thatâ€"ironicallyâ€"illusory correlations are illusory."
Ans: a
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