Question

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

Answer 1

An illusory correlation

Step-by-step explanation:

The term illusory correlation refers to an incorrect assumption that there is a high correlation between two unusual or rare items that do not interfere with each other's functioning. An example of this can be seen in the question above, where a Jonas found a $ 50 bill on the sidewalk and linked it to the fact that he was wearing a new jacket. The jacket has no connection whatsoever if there is a $ 50 bill on the sidewalk, but Jonas believes it does.

Answer 2

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.