If you point to a car and say "car," a child will understand that is the word for car and not of the wheels. This is an example of:
A) the whole object assumption.
B) the mutual exclusivity bias.
C) syntactic bootstrapping.
D) overregularization.

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The whole object assumption is a language acquisition principle where children assume that a word refers to the whole object, not its parts, actions, or other properties. When a child hears "car" and understands it refers to the entire car rather than just the wheels, it exemplifies this principle.

If You Point to a Car and Say "Car," a Child