In one study cited in the text, when preschool children were shown a picture of a catlike animal and an experimenter either simply labeled the animal "dog" (group A) or said, "You're not going to believe this, but this is actually a dog" (group B), how likely were the children to extend the word to other catlike stimuli?
A)In that study, both groups of children readily extended the word.
B)In that study, both groups of children were similarly reluctant to extend the word.
C)In that study, Group A was more reluctant than was group B to extend the word.
D)In that study, Group B was more reluctant than was group A to extend the word.

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In that study, Group A was more reluctant than was group B to extend the word because the experimenter's statement in Group B made the children more likely to believe that the animal was actually a dog.

In One Study Cited in the Text, When Preschool Children