Alicia makes the statement that every time she eats chocolate,she gets acne.By ignoring the possibility that there may be another factor that causes Alicia to eat chocolate and which also causes her acne,Alicia is committing the:

A) fallacy of composition.
B) fallacy that association is causation.
C) fallacy of segmentation.
D) mistake of ignoring secondary effects.
E) mistake of looking beyond the obvious.

Fallacy of Composition

The incorrect belief that what is true for the individual, or part, must necessarily be true for the group, or the whole.

Association

A group of individuals organized for a common purpose, having a formal structure and usually having voluntary membership.

Causation

The act or process whereby one event, process, or state (a cause) leads to the production of another event, process, or state (an effect).