The mistaken belief that the co-occurrence of two or more events is more likely than the occurrence of one of the events alone is called a/an
A) heuristic error.
B) conjunctive error.
C) illusory correlation.
D) gambler's fallacy.
E) None of the above

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The conjunctive error, also known as the conjunction fallacy, occurs when people incorrectly believe that the combination of two events is more likely than one event alone, despite the statistical rule that the probability of two events occurring together is always less than or equal to the probability of either event occurring alone.

The Mistaken Belief That the Co-Occurrence of Two or More