The day after the Constitutional Court issued a decision on a particular divisive issue, parliament passes a bill that is unpopular with the same segment of the population that was unhappy with the Constitutional Court decision.The disgruntled segment of the population then claims that the decision was issued at this particular time to distract people from the bill's passage.This assumption reflects ____.

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The assumption reflects illusory correlation, where people perceive a relationship between two events (the court decision and the bill's passage) that are not necessarily related.

The Day After the Constitutional Court Issued a Decision on a Particular