Patricia, a three-year-old girl, is having dinner. She looks at her father and says, "I eated food." In this scenario, Patricia is exhibiting _________.

A) divergent thinking
B) cognitive dissonance
C) overregularization
D) counterconditioning

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Doneya Flakes · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Patricia is exhibiting overregularization, which is a common error made by young children when they apply a regular grammatical rule even to irregular cases. In this case, the rule of adding -ed to form the past tense is applied to the irregular verb eat resulting in eated instead of ate.

Patricia, a three-year-old girl, is having dinner. She looks at her father and says, "I eated food." In this scenario, Patricia is exhibiting _________.

A) divergent thinking
B) cognitive dissonance
C) overregularization
D) counterconditioning

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Patricia, a three-year-old girl, is having dinner. She looks at her father and says, "I eated food." In this scenario, Patricia is exhibiting _________.A) divergent thinkingB) cognitive dissonanceC) overregularizationD) counterconditioning

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Patricia, a three-year-old girl, is having dinner. She looks at her father and says, "I eated food." In this scenario, Patricia is exhibiting _________.

A) divergent thinking
B) cognitive dissonance
C) overregularization
D) counterconditioning