Which item below is the best example of a generalization?
A) The black widow spider has eight legs.
B) Canadian author Alice Munro won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature.
C) The star closest to earth is Proxima Centauri.
D) People who live in cities are fearful of crime.

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Option D is a generalization as it makes a broad statement about people living in cities, assuming that all of them are fearful of crime, without providing any specific evidence or data to support the claim.

Which Item Below Is the Best Example of a Generalization