Jonas bought a new leather jacket after saving for many months for the luxury purchase. on the first day he went out wearing the new garment, he found a $50 bill on the sidewalk outside of his office. he now refers to the jacket as his "lucky jacket" and believes that it has some magical power to give him good fortune. jonas's belief in the jacket's cosmic ability is an example of

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Izayah Cuevas

31 July, 10:45

Jonas bought a new leather jacket after saving for many months for the luxury purchase. on the first day he went out wearing the new garment, he found a $50 bill on the sidewalk outside of his office. he now refers to the jacket as his "lucky jacket" and believes that it has some magical power to give him good fortune. jonas's belief in the jacket's cosmic ability is an example of

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Isis Rose · Answer 1

I believe the answer is: an illusory correlation

an illusory correlation refers to a phenomenon of receiving variables to have a certain relationship between one another even though the relationship is not exist. Prejudice and amount of information that a person has would affect the formation of illusory correlation.