Joaquin is abducted by aliens and beamed up into their spaceship. The aliens hold up two fingers in a peace sign to let Joaquin know they do not intend to hurt him. Joaquin soon learns that the aliens can communicate with him in English, but they also communicate with one another in a different "language" using bird-like chirps. As a psychology student, Joaquin is curious to know how the aliens came to learn English. After their interaction, Joaquin is returned to Earth safely and decides to not tell anyone about his visit.
-For the rest of his life,Joaquin thinks that all aliens must be peaceful because the aliens he met were peaceful.This is an example of which type of biased decision-making strategy

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The Law of Small Numbers refers to the error of drawing broad conclusions from a small sample of evidence. Joaquin's assumption that all aliens are peaceful based on his single encounter is an example of this bias.

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