著者

片桐 雅義

出版者

宇都宮大学国際学部

雑誌

宇都宮大学国際学部研究論集 (ISSN:13420364)

巻号頁・発行日

no.13, pp.1-11, 2002-03

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Illusory correlation is a phenomenon that people find relationship between two social events even if there is no real correlation. One event is usually the membership to a group and the other is a behavioral trait. Illusory correlation is thought to be a cause of prejudices and stereotypes. However there are various biases in judgments of interevent contingencies and probability estimation. Therefore a question would be raised concerning if illusory correlation is a social phenomenon. The author proposed that we should examine judgment biases in both social and non-social situations.