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Because the zookeeper let Jeff pet the giraffe's neck, Jeff told his friends that all giraffes were friendly to people. This statement is a logical fallacy called

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This statement about the giraffes is a logical fallacy called hasty generalization. 
The boy thinks that if one giraffe was friendly to him, that all giraffes are bound to do the same - he is generalizing something that doesn't have to be correct. 

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This statement is a logical fallacy called hasty generalization (Option B). See the explanation of same below.

What is hasty generalization?

The situation above is one where Jeff believed all Giraffes to be friendly to people because this particular one was friendly to him. This statement is logically flawed because it is loaded with lots of generalization.

Hence,  the statement is a logical fallacy called hasty generalization.

Learn more about hasty generalization at:
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