Ms Varria Holds Up a Particularly Curly French Fry and Says

question 105

Multiple Choice

Ms. Varria holds up a particularly curly French fry and says, "Wow! This is a corkscrew fry!" Four-year-old Danita points to a little girl with curly hair and says, "Corkscrew hair!" Danita is using __________ to decipher the meaning of corkscrew.

• A) fast-mapping
• B) syntactic bootstrapping
• C) the principle of mutual exclusivity
• D) telegraphic speech

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Definitions:

American Psychiatric Association

A leading professional organization for psychiatrists in the United States, dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses.

Telephone Scatologia

Obscene phone calls, particularly those involving sexual content or threats, often made by an individual who obtains sexual pleasure from such activities.

Obscene Phone Calls

Making unwanted or unsolicited sexual or inappropriate comments, threats, or suggestions over the telephone to harass or intimidate the recipient.

Unsuspecting

Not aware of or not suspecting that something, possibly unpleasant or harmful, is happening or will happen.