If a Child Is Using Verb Forms or Verb Tenses

question 10

Multiple Choice

If a child is using verb forms or verb tenses (such as "eating" or "ate" from the verb "to eat") ,then the child is using

• A) holophrases.
• B) overgeneralization.
• C) appropriate extension.
• D) inflections.

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Definitions:

Ascending-series Principle

A principle or method involving sequence or order that progresses from lower to higher, often used in contexts such as music, mathematics, and psychology.

Preoperational Stage

A stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring approximately between the ages of 2 and 7, characterized by symbolic thinking and egocentrism but a lack of operational logic.

Decenter

In Piaget’s terminology, to think simultaneously about several aspects of a situation.

Piaget

Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist renowned for his work in child development and his theory of cognitive stages.