Let's say a child uses his own dog's name (Bob) to refer to his neighbor's dog. This phenomenon is termed __________.
A) extending
B) multilevel parsing
C) overgeneralization
D) habitualizing

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Overgeneralization is the phenomenon where a child uses a word or grammar rule in a broader context than it should be used. In this case, the child is using the name of his own dog to refer to another dog, which is an overgeneralization of the word "Bob" to include all dogs the child encounters.

Let's Say a Child Uses His Own Dog's Name (Bob)