Your nephew loves cats. You have a large black cat that you named "Midnight." Your nephew readily learned your cat's name, but now calls all cats "Midnight." Surely your nephew does not think that every cat's name is "Midnight."
Why is this happening? Your nephew's behavior is an example of ____.
a. overextension
b. underextension
c. telegraphic speech
d. holophrases
Answer: A
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Dolph's parents have very clear rules about what is okay to do and what is not. They are very careful to enforce the rules. However, they are willing to listen to Dolph's side of the story and are careful to explain why the rules are important. They even consider changing rules that don't seem to be working well. Dolph's parents are best described as having which sort of childrearing pattern?
a. Neglectful b. Authoritative c. Authoritarian d. Permissive
Which type of memory would be used to answer this multiple choice question?
a. implicit b. explicit c. episodic d. contextual
In Vygotsky's idea of social apprenticeship, a mentor draws the child into a zone of:
possibilities. distal development. proximal development. potentiality.
About what percent of the population have IQ scores between 70 and 130?
A) 95 B) 85 C) 75 D) 65