You believe that short men have a tendency to be insecure. According to the concept of illusory correlation, which of the following are you likely to do?

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Illusory correlation is a cognitive bias that makes people overestimate the association between two variables when they are rare or conspicuous. In this case, the rarity and conspicuity of short men who are not insecure might make the observer erroneously associate shortness with insecurity, leading to an overestimation of the frequency of insecure short men.

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