When attempting to predict violent tendencies in people, the observation that identifying causes of violent behavior after the fact is much easier than predicting it beforehand is referred to as the __________.
A. post hoc problem
B. problem in leaping from the general to the specific
C. base-rate problem
D. problem in leaping from the specific to the general
Answer: A
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