Assume that Professor Rodgers had studied only people aged 65 or older and found that they experienced increasing levels of happiness in the last 20 years.Suppose he had concluded that people under 65 years of age also experienced increasing levels of happiness during the same time period.He would have committed
A)the error of overgeneralization.
B)the error of selective observation.
C)the error of illogical reasoning.
D)the enrror of inaccurate observation.
E)no error.

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Professor Rodgers would have committed the error of overgeneralization by assuming that the increasing levels of happiness found among people aged 65 or older also applied to people under 65 years of age without directly studying them. This assumption may not necessarily be true, as younger age groups may have experienced different trends in happiness levels over the same time period.

Assume That Professor Rodgers Had Studied Only People Aged 65