When Preschool Children Were Shown a Picture of a Catlike

question 101

Multiple Choice

When preschool children were shown a picture of a catlike animal and an experimenter either simply labeled the animal "dog" (Group A) or said, "You're not going to believe this, but this is actually a dog" (Group B) , how likely were the children to extend the word to other catlike stimuli?

• A)Both groups of children readily extended the word.
• B)Both groups of children were similarly reluctant to extend the word.
• C)Group A was more reluctant than Group B to extend the word.
• D)Group B was more reluctant than Group A to extend the word.

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