A child's ability to make connections between new words and referents so rapidly that he or she cannot be considering all possible meanings for the new word is referred to as

a. overregularization. c. overextension.
b. underextension. d. fast mapping.

d

Psychology

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During the past _____________ years, medical knowledge has led to methods that genuinely help mothers and babies during birth

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You walk into a classroom to find the word adaptation written on the board. It appears that the instructor was using a diagram to show that adaptation involves a balance between two factors, one of which is what people do or want to do

What is the other factor? a) what people fail to do b) what the environment requires c) feelings of accomplishment related to what people are doing d) hereditary predispositions that lead people to act in certain ways

Psychology