On the day 3-year-old Isabel helped her father build bookshelves,she added the terms "board," "measuring tape," and "dowel" to her vocabulary after her first encounter with these objects.This is an example of:
A)a language acquisition device.
B)fast mapping.
C)telegraphic speed.
D)linguistic relativity.

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This is an example of fast mapping, where children quickly learn and incorporate new words into their vocabulary after encountering them in a meaningful context. The other options do not fit the given scenario.

On the Day 3-Year-Old Isabel Helped Her Father Build Bookshelves,she