You believe that short men have a tendency to be insecure. The concept of illusory correlation implies that you will
a. overestimate the frequency of insecure short men.
b. underestimate the frequency of insecure short men.
c. accurately estimate the frequency of insecure short men.
d. falsely assume that tall men are naturally secure.
A
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