Bertha met two students from another school at a convention. She enjoyed their company a great deal and was very impressed with how nice they were. Bertha now believes that all of the students from that school must also be nice and is considering transferring there. Bertha is using ________ reasoning.
A) inductive
B) functional
C) critical
D) deductive

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Bertha is using inductive reasoning because she is using specific examples (the two students she met) to make a generalization about all students at the other school.

Bertha Met Two Students from Another School at a Convention