Jay Introduced a New Ball to His 2-Year-Old Daughter, Kandi

question 99

Multiple Choice

Jay introduced a new ball to his 2-year-old daughter, Kandi. He said, "I'm throwing the wiffle ball to you!" He then threw the new ball to Kandi. Kandi said, "Catch, wiffle, catch!" Kandi's connection of the term "wiffle" to the ball is an example of

• A) overregularization.
• B) syntactic bootstrapping.
• C) fast-mapping.
• D) semantic bootstrapping.

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Definitions:

Authority Figure

An individual recognized or perceived as being in a position of power, who commands influence or respect.

Prestige

The respect, admiration, or perceived social status that a person, organization, or concept holds.

Milgram Study

A series of social psychology experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram, which aimed to measure the willingness of participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.

Obedience

The act of following orders or complying with instructions, rules, or laws imposed by authorities.