Kelly is playing with two objects, the top part of a pen and an empty water bottle. Her father calls one of the objects a novel name, a wix, but does not label the other object. While Kelly is still playing with the two objects, her mother asks Kelly to give her the sab. Kelly selected the object that had not been previously labeled by her father and gave it to her mother. What type of reasoning did Kelly use in selection?

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Kelly used social/pragmatic reasoning because she responded to her mother's request for a word she did not understand ("sab") and selected the object that had not been previously labeled by her father, indicating that she understood her mother was referring to a new and unnamed object.

Kelly Is Playing with Two Objects, the Top Part of a Pen