Three-year-old Toni and her family got a new Yorkie puppy last week

The puppy's name is Maxine and it weighs only 2 pounds. Her neighbors also got a new puppy, but they got a large-breed St. Bernard. When Toni went to her neighbors' home to visit their puppy, who weighed 15 pounds at only 8 weeks of age, Toni refused to believe it was actually a puppy. Toni was demonstrating _____
a) an underextension error.
b) a misuse of telegraphic speech.
c) an overextension error.
d) a phonemic error.


Answer: a

Psychology

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FIll in the blank with correct word.

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