Imagine That a Young Child Is Presented with a Novel

question 35

Multiple Choice

Imagine that a young child is presented with a novel word, "puppy," when her uncle says, "What a sweet puppy" In front of the child are two objects, a stuffed dog-"dog" is a word the child already knows-and a can opener, an object the child has never seen before. The child makes the assumption that the novel word refers to the can opener through an expectation referred to as

• A)the mutual exclusivity assumption.
• B)fast mapping.
• C)the whole-object assumption.
• D)cross-situational word learning.

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