When children reject a second name for an object whose name they already know, they are using the:
A) mutual exclusivity bias
B) sensorimotor bias
C) whole object bias
D) taxonomic bias

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The mutual exclusivity bias is a cognitive bias that leads children to assume that each object has a single name. When they encounter a second name for an object, they tend to reject it because they already know a name for that object, reflecting their assumption that objects cannot have more than one label.

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