Your nephew Tanner loves cats.You have a large black cat that you named Midnight.Tanner readily learned your cat's name but now calls all cats Midnight.Surely he does not think that every cat's name is Midnight.Why is this happening? Tanner's behavior is an example of __________.

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Tanner's behavior is an example of overextension, where he is using the name 'Midnight' to refer to all cats, rather than understanding that the name only refers specifically to your black cat.

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