What error in reasoning is exemplified by the following statement? French movies are all dull. I saw three of them last semester in my film class and couldn't stay awake through a single one.

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Maci Buck

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31 December, 16:01

What error in reasoning is exemplified by the following statement? French movies are all dull. I saw three of them last semester in my film class and couldn't stay awake through a single one.

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Cole Snyder · Answer 1

Hasty generalization

Explanation:

This is an example of a hasty generalization. A hasty generalization is a type of fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified because of lack of evidence or because the evidence is biased. In this case, the speaker is making this error by claiming that all French movies are dull when he has only seen three. This is a very small sample and, therefore, the conclusion is not logically justified.