While reading his three-year-old daughter Shiloh a book about farm animals, Mark says, "Look at the llama." Since the only other animal on the page is one that Shiloh is familiar with, a horse, she assumes that the other animal must be the llama. Shiloh is demonstrating ____.

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Shiloh is using the contrast assumption, which is the cognitive process of distinguishing between unfamiliar and familiar items, assuming that the unfamiliar term refers to the unfamiliar item.

While Reading His Three-Year-Old Daughter Shiloh a Book About Farm