Mr. Nguyen notices a pink flamingo lawn ornament missing from his front yard and then observes that his neighbor has a similar pink flamingo in his front yard. He walks over to his neighbor's house intent on accusing him of stealing his lawn ornament
Mr. Nguyen may have committed which perceptual error? Explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Mr. Nguyen may have confused fact and inference because he did not actually
observe the neighbor take the pink flamingo lawn ornament. He went beyond direct
observation to infer that the neighbor's lawn ornament was stolen from his own front
yard.
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