The first time John hears the word adults is when his father explains to him that the locked cabinet is for "adults, not children." John employs the contrastive use of the familiar word children with the unfamiliar word adults to learn this new word. John has learned the new word by a process referred to as:
A) overextension.
B) fast mapping.
C) holophrastic learning.
D) referencing.

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John learned the new word "adults" through fast mapping, which is the process of quickly learning a new word by contrasting it with a familiar word.

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