• When actions are followed by events that are not causally related to the prior acts, people often erroneously perceive contingencies that do not, in fact, exist

    Albert Bandura: When actions are followed by events that are not causally related to the prior acts, people often erroneously perceive contingencies that do not, in fact, exist
    Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall