A psychologist notices that many of his/her clients who are experiencing infertility report high levels of stress.S/he concludes that stress levels are interfering with their ability to conceive a child and recommends a program of relaxation.This is an example of decision-making that is affected by:

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The psychologist is inferring causation, assuming that stress is the cause of infertility without considering other potential factors. This is a common error known as inferring causation from correlation.

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