In Berko's (1958) classic experiment, she showed young children a picture of a figure called a "wug" and then showed them two of these figures. She then asked them to respond to the following question:

"Now there are two ______________." Berko was measuring children's understanding of what?
a. overextension
b. possessives
c. pragmatics
d. grammar

Answer: D

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