The day after the Supreme Court issued a decision on a particular divisive issue, the Senate and House pass a bill that is unpopular with the same segment of the population that was unhappy with the Supreme 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 ____.
A) confirmation bias
B) the gambler's fallacy
C) the conjunction fallacy
D) illusory correlation

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

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