The first time Giorgio sees a duck,his mother tells him,"That's a duck.Can you say duck?" He repeats the word gleefully.The next day he is watching a cartoon and sees a chicken on the television.He points at the chicken and says,"Duck!" This is an example of:
A)generalization.
B)extinction.
C)spontaneous recovery.
D)discrimination.

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Giorgio is showing a generalization by calling the chicken a duck, which means he is extending the meaning of the word duck to other similar objects. It is a common occurrence in language development, especially in young children who are still learning to distinguish between similar objects or words.

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