Observing Poor Results of an IQ Test Taken by Three

question 40

Multiple Choice

Observing poor results of an IQ test taken by three of his students, a professor assumed that his entire student class had below average IQ. What term is used to describe this assumption?

• A) overgeneralization
• B) generalization fallacy
• C) selective observation
• D) sample extrapolation

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