Dr. Weimer teaches high school. He believes that minority students cheat more than other kinds of students, so he watches them extra closely. He does, in fact, catch more minority students cheating on his tests than other kinds of students. However, in reality, the other students are cheating more, but getting caught less. Dr. Weimer's belief about minority students is based on
A) an illusory correlation.
B) an illusion of out-group homogeneity.
C) attributional bias.
D) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
E) a fundamental attribution error.
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