Elijah,a basketball fan,reasons that because his favorite team has three superstars on it,the team must be a great team and will win the championship.Elijah is committing the:
A)fallacy of composition.
B)fallacy that association is causation.
C)fallacy of segmentation.
D)mistake of ignoring the secondary effects.
E)mistake of ignoring the obvious.

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Elijah is committing the fallacy of composition by assuming that because individual members of the team are great (the superstars), the team as a whole must also be great. This fallacy involves assuming that what is true for individual parts must also be true for the whole.

Elijah,a Basketball Fan,reasons That Because His Favorite Team Has Three