Gerardo believes that every time he picks up a penny he is blessed with good fortune, due to the fact that the last time he picked up a penny he had a lottery win, and the time before that he got a big bonus at work. gerardo's perception is likely a product of a(n)

illusory correlation  

Explanation:

Illusory correlation: In psychology, the term illusory relationship is defined as the tendency of perceiving or analyzing a relationship between different variables including events, behaviors, or people in the absence of any sort of relationship.

Example: A woman thinks that people living in urban environments tend to be more intelligent as compared to people living in rural areas. Eventually, when she meets anyone who is less intellectual she assumes that the person lives in a rural area instead of the urban area.

An illusory correlation occurs when an individual mistakenly over-emphasize the tendency of occurrence of one outcome whereas ignores the other outcomes.

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