Sharon has only actually met three musicians who have had full beards, and she has also met three musicians who were clean-shaven. Still, she believes that MOST musicians have beards. Sharon's belief reflects
A) an egocentric slant.
B) an illusory correlation.
C) a confirmation bias.
D) the fundamental attribution error.

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Sharon's belief that most musicians have beards is not supported by the small sample of musicians she has met. This is an example of an illusory correlation, where she is drawing a false association between musicians and beards based on limited information.

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