Overextensions - LESLIE RESCORLA

Question 1

In what year was this theory established?

Answer 1

1980

Divided overextensions into three categories

Question 2

Categorical overextension

Answer 2

The name of one member of a category is extended to all members of the category
e.g. all round fruit called an ‘apple’

Question 3

Analogical overextension

Answer 3

A word for one object is used for a different category

e.g. ‘ball’ is used for all round fruit

Question 4

Mismatch statements

Answer 4

One-word sentences which appear quite abstract / a child makes a statement about one object in relation to another
e.g. saying ‘duck’ when looking at an empty pond