Amber notices that a few currency notes are missing from her purse kept on her coffee table. She immediately holds Lily, the housemaid, accountable for it because the previous housemaid who was from the same village as Lily had stolen money from Amber's house. In this case, Amber's thought process reflects _____.
A) superiority bias
B) hasty generalization
C) narcissism
D) relativistic thinking

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Amber's conclusion is based on a hasty generalization, where she quickly assumes that Lily is responsible for the missing money simply because she comes from the same village as the previous housemaid who had stolen from her. This is a logical fallacy where a broad conclusion is made based on a small or insufficient sample size.

Amber Notices That a Few Currency Notes Are Missing from Her