Your aunt introduces you to the small dog she just adopted. In your experience, small dogs usually bark loudly and insistently, so you believe this dog will too. What would a psychologist call this reasoning?

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This reasoning is an example of category induction, which involves using past experiences and knowledge to make assumptions about new objects or situations. The assumption that the small dog will bark loudly and insistently is based on the category of "small dogs" that the individual has constructed through past experiences.

Your Aunt Introduces You to the Small Dog She Just