Jean Berko Gleason's 1958 study is hailed as a pivotal investigation into children's word-form use. Based on her results, what prediction would you make about how complex word forms are learned by children of the same age as those in the study?

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Jean Berko Gleason's 1958 study, known as the Wug Test, demonstrated that children have an innate ability to apply rules of grammar to create plural forms and other grammatical constructions, even for made-up words they have never heard before. This suggests that upon hearing a novel word, children are likely to apply regular grammatical rules (e.g., adding -s to make plurals) rather than guessing irregular forms that are exceptions to these rules. Therefore, a child who has never heard the plural of "foot" might incorrectly guess "foots" instead of the irregular form "feet."

Jean Berko Gleason's 1958 Study Is Hailed as a Pivotal