Three-Year-Old Robert Is Visiting the Local Zoo with His Preschool

question 51

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Robert is visiting the local zoo with his preschool class. When his teacher exclaims, "Look at the giraffe!" Robert first looks at the teacher's face and then follows her gaze to the strange creature she is looking at. Robert's behavior in this situation reflects:

• A) semantic bootstrapping
• B) functionalism
• C) pragmatics
• D) intersubjectivity

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Definitions:

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