We often tend to see psychological patterns in the pictures that people draw.For example,we might think that suspicious people would tend to draw exaggerated eyes.What error in judgment does this represent?

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This represents the illusory correlation, which is a cognitive bias that leads us to perceive a relationship between two variables even when no such relationship exists. In this case, we may perceive a relationship between suspiciousness and exaggerated eyes in drawings, even though there is no actual correlation between the two.

We Often Tend to See Psychological Patterns in the Pictures