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misattribution

n. an incorrect inference as to the cause of an individual’s or group’s behavior or of an interpersonal event. For example, misattribution of arousal is an effect in which the physiological stimulation generated by one stimulus is mistakenly ascribed to another source. See also attribution theory.

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brachycephalic

brachycephalic

adj. see cephalic index. —brachycephaly n.