The Term Used for the Overly Restrictive Use of Words

question 275

Multiple Choice

The term used for the overly restrictive use of words, common among children just mastering spoken language, is called

• A)holophrasic speech.
• B)referential style.
• C)overextension.
• D)underextension.

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Definitions:

Graduating Students

Students who have completed the requirements of their educational program and are set to receive their degree or certificate.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values around the mean.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sample distribution of a statistic, commonly used in determining how well a sample represents a population.

Sampling Distribution

A distribution of probabilities for a statistic that is acquired by drawing numerous samples from a particular population.