After critically reading the review of the evidence concerning the accuracy of eyewitness testimony and identification, a reader concluded that people are bad at remembering most kinds of everyday information. This reader is showing the thinking error known as:
A) naïve realism.
B) a cognitive overload.
C) confirmation bias.
D) sweeping generalization.

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The reader is making a sweeping generalization by concluding that people are bad at remembering most kinds of everyday information based solely on the evidence presented about eyewitness testimony and identification. This is a broad conclusion that is not supported by the specific evidence examined.

After Critically Reading the Review of the Evidence Concerning the Accuracy