While visiting her grandma, Winona becomes somewhat restless. In an attempt to comfort Winona, her grandmother says, "Why don't you play with the doll in my bedroom?" Winona goes to get the doll, but returns crying and says, "That's not doll. Doll has red hair and sleeps in my room." Which concept best explains Winona's behaviour?

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The underextension principle refers to when children apply a label to a narrower group of objects than adults typically would. In this case, Winona's idea of "doll" is specific to her own doll with red hair that sleeps in her room, and she is upset when the doll in her grandmother's room does not fit that narrow definition.

While Visiting Her Grandma, Winona Becomes Somewhat Restless