overinclusion
Casting too wide
Overinclusion is the error of casting too wide a net—including things that don't belong in a category or group.
In law, an overinclusive rule restricts more than necessary: A ban on all dogs in parks is overinclusive if the goal is preventing attacks.
The opposite is underinclusion, which leaves out things that should be covered.
Unwarranted broad application
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
- categorizationArranging into groups
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
assumptions · heuristics · conflation · extrapolation · oversimplification · jumping to conclusions · flawed reasoning · misjudgment
Disrupted patterns of reasoning
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- tangentialityTendency to stray from topic
- circumstantialityExcessive irrelevant elaboration
- derailmentLeaving the intended track
flight of ideas · psychosis · word salad · pressured speech · manic episode · bipolar disorder · diagnostic criteria · Goldstein
overgeneralization
Unwarranted broad application
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
- categorizationArranging into groups
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
stereotyping · assumptions · heuristics · conflation · extrapolation · oversimplification · jumping to conclusions · flawed reasoning · misjudgment · misclassification
thought disorder
Disrupted patterns of reasoning
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- tangentialityTendency to stray from topic
- circumstantialityExcessive irrelevant elaboration
derailment · flight of ideas · psychosis · word salad · pressured speech · manic episode · bipolar disorder · diagnostic criteria · Goldstein · Cameron
overinclusionexclusion
Being barred from participation
omission · narrowness · selectivity · restrictiveness · minimalism
overinclusionselectivity
Tendency to choose carefully
discrimination · strictness · rigor · precision · exclusivity
overinclusionprecision
Accuracy of measurement
specificity · exactness · rigor · strictness · parsimony
over, include, inclusion, including, included, includes, inclusive, inclusivity, inclusiveness