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

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This behavior is an example of overextension, where the child applies a specific word ("Midnight") to all members of a general category ("cats").

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