When an infant uses the word "chair" just to the chair and not the chair and the floor underneath it, this is an example of the:
A)use of distributional information.
B)whole-object assumption.
C)lexeme mapping.
D)lexical constraint assumption.

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The whole-object assumption is the idea that when children learn a new word, they assume it refers to the whole object and not just a part of it. In this scenario, the infant is using the word "chair" to refer to the entire object and not just the chair and the floor underneath it.

When an Infant Uses the Word "Chair" Just to the Chair