Describe the following types of errors: premature closure, overgeneralization, selective ...

•   These are all errors of personal experience.
•   Premature closure—error that is made when a person feels she or he has the answers and does not need to listen, seek information, or raise questions any longer.
•   Overgeneralization—error that is made when some evidence supports a belief, but a person falsely assumes that it applies to many other situations as well.
•   Selective observation—error that is made when a person takes notice of certain people or events based on past experience or attitudes.
•   Halo effect: error that is made when a person overgeneralizes from what he or she accepts as being highly positive or prestigious and lets its favourable impression or prestige “rub off” onto other areas.