When a child expands a word's meaning to include more objects than it should, this is called

A) underextensions.
B) protowords.
C) overextensions.
D) fast mapping.

C) overextensions.

Psychology

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A student is trying to commit to memory, for the first time, the various parts of the neuron. If she uses an elaborative rehearsal strategy to accomplish this, she will

a. write down the parts of the neuron as many times as possible. b. read about the different parts of the neuron again and again. c. repeat the different parts of the neuron in her mind after reading about them. d. imagine that the neuron is a person and that the body parts are similar to the neuron parts.

Psychology