People often fail to make accurate generalizations because they are unduly influenced by ________ cases.

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Vivid cases are those that are emotionally striking or memorable, and they can distort our perceptions and lead us to overestimate their frequency or importance. Therefore, people often make inaccurate generalizations based on vivid cases. Randomly selected cases (A) do not necessarily have any impact on generalizations, representative cases (C) may be used to make accurate generalizations, and operationally defined cases (D) are not directly related to generalization accuracy.

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