The day after the Supreme Court issued a decision on a particularly divisive issue, the Senate and House pass a bill that is unpopular with the same segment of the population that was unhappy with the decision of the Supreme Court. A few disgruntled individuals then claim that the decision of the Supreme Court was issued at this particular time to distract people from the bill's passage. This assumption best reflects ____.
A)the confirmation bias
B)the gambler's fallacy
C)theory perseverance
D)illusory correlation

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The assumption reflects illusory correlation because it suggests a perceived relationship between the timing of the Supreme Court's decision and the passage of the bill, despite there being no evidence to support a deliberate connection between the two events.

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