Tyrone is participating in an experiment in which he has to find the objects the researcher names. The three objects on the table are an apple, a balloon, and a garlic press. Tyrone has never seen a garlic press before. When the researcher asks Tyrone to find the "glipka," Tyrone points to the garlic press because ________
a. children are fascinated with shiny objects
b. children tend to ignore words they do not know and pick up the object that interests them the most
c. children tend to attach novel words to unfamiliar objects
d. children are very imaginative and are aware that objects can have more than one name
C
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