A person reads a study that finds police agencies in the South are more likely to have excessive force complaints filed against them. From this study, the person concludes that Southern police officers are more likely to use excessive force. This is an example of:
A nomothetic explanation
B idiographic explanation
C Reductionism
D ecological fallacy
Answer is D) Ecological fallacy
Ecological Fallacy is a kind of Bias where inferences about the nature of a group of individuals ( here southern police) may be drawn by a misinterpretation of a statistical data and may even overgeneralize things as in this case.
Nomothetic approach to study personality investigates how we are similar to others or what traits are seen together.
Idiographic approach to study personality investigates how each individual is unique and what teaits make us unique.
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