We only interact with a small fraction of the social world, but we sometimes tend to assume that what we know to be true for some cases is true for all cases. This is an example of which type of error in reasoning your book discusses?
A. resistance to change
B. inaccurate observation
C. selective observation
D. overgeneralization
Answer: D
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