Three different girls tell Brian that The Notebook is their all-time favorite movie. Brian concludes that all girls love that movie. Brian has just used _____.
A) hypothetical reasoning
B) inductive reasoning
C) deductive reasoning
D) adolescent egocentrism

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Brian has observed a pattern among the three girls he has interacted with and has made a generalized conclusion that all girls must love The Notebook. This is an example of inductive reasoning, where a specific observation is used to make a generalized conclusion.

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