You don't know very many people with blue hair,but you happen to observe that when fights break out,they seem to involve people with blue hair.You draw the conclusion that people with blue hair are particularly violent,even though they are not.This conclusion reflects a(n)

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This conclusion reflects an illusory correlation, which is a cognitive bias that occurs when we perceive a relationship between two variables even though there is no actual relationship or the relationship is weak. In this case, the observer is falsely correlating blue hair with violence based on a few observations, even though there is no actual evidence that people with blue hair are more violent than people with other hair colors.

You Don't Know Very Many People with Blue Hair,but You