If you notice two freshmen women in your dorm dressing up excessively to go to class, and assume that ALL freshmen women dress up excessively, you have engaged in

a. overgeneralization.
b. undergeneralization.
c. abstract reasoning.
d. ego involvement.
e. selective observation.


A

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