Overregularization Occurs Because Children _____

question 76

Multiple Choice

Overregularization occurs because children _____.

• A) tend to regress briefly before progressing to new forms of language
• B) have no understanding of past, present, and future verb tenses
• C) assume that the language is less regular than it actually is
• D) assume their language always follows the rules they already know

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Definitions:

Traits Evolve

The process by which characteristics or traits of organisms change over generations through natural selection and genetic drift.

Species Survive

The ability of a species to continue existence and avoid extinction by adapting to environmental changes or overcoming threats.

Uniformitarianism

The idea that the natural laws observable around us now are also responsible for events in the past. One part of this view, for example, is the idea that Earth has been shaped by the cumulative action of gradual processes like sediment deposition and erosion.

Natural Laws

Fundamental physical laws that govern the behavior and structure of the natural universe.