Mia has lived in New York City all her life. She has noticed that people from upper Manhattan walk really fast, but people from lower Manhattan tend to walk slowly. Mia's observations are likely influenced from a judgment error based on her using
a. the law of large numbers.
b. an atmosphere effect.
c. an illusory correlation.
d. the falsification principle.
c
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a) dysphoria b) schizoid orientation c) obsessionality d) narcissism
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a) visual b) implicit c) autobiographical d) explicit
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