Generalization is one of the three principles of human modeling; the process by which a specific experience represents the entire category of experiences to which it belongs. This process is represented by broad ideas that the facts have in common.
We can make general statements about what we believe, how we see others, our values, etc. We ignore possible exceptions or special conditions.
Decisions based on context-independent generalizations are made with insufficient information relative to what happens in context-specific ones.
