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Apophenia

Apophenia (/æpəˈfiːniə/) is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things. The term (German: Apophänie from the Greek verb: ἀποφαίνειν, romanized: apophaínein) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia. He defined it as "unmotivated seeing of connections…

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Apophenia

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples24
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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related to Evolution · 5
Apophenia → As, One, Skinner's, The, This
related to Pareidolia · 5
Apophenia → Man, Moon, Pareidolia, People, There
related to External links · 3
Apophenia → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Models of pattern recognition · 2
Apophenia → Pattern, There
related to Related terms · 2
Apophenia → In, Such
related to Statistics · 2
Apophenia → In, It
is a · 1
Apophenia → example of a type I error
has cause · 1
Apophenia → Although
related to Introduction · 1
Apophenia → Taken

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Apopheniais aexample of a type I error0.90text
a tigerinstance ofAn example of prototype matching would be to look at an animal0.80text
instead of recognizing that it has features that match the definition of a tigerinstance ofAn example of prototype matching would be to look at an animal0.80text
Apopheniahas causeAlthough0.60section
Apopheniarelated to EvolutionOne0.60section
Apopheniarelated to EvolutionThe0.60section
Apopheniarelated to EvolutionSkinner's0.60section
Apopheniarelated to EvolutionThis0.60section
Apopheniarelated to EvolutionAs0.60section
Apopheniarelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Apopheniarelated to External linksThe0.60section
Apopheniarelated to External linksWiktionary0.60section

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