The validity effect is the tendency of people to:
A) solve problems using the same procedures that lead to valid results on similar problems.
B) be unable to distinguish between actual experiences and what they have been told.
C) overestimate their abilities to have predicted an event once the outcome is known.
D) believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times.

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The validity effect refers to the phenomenon where people are more likely to believe a statement is true if it is repeated multiple times, regardless of its actual truthfulness.

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