A young child is learning to drink milk from a cup. The fact that he thinks all cups have milk in them is an example of:

A. word syntax.
B. undergenerization.
C. underutilization.
D. overgeneralization.

Question

A young child is learning to drink milk from a cup. The fact that he thinks all cups have milk in them is an example of:

 		A.	word syntax.
 		B.	undergenerization.
 		C.	underutilization.
 		D.	overgeneralization.

anonymous · Answer

The child is "overgeneralizing." 

"Overgeneralization" is where we think that something "always happens," or "never happens." 

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Here are some examples of "overgeneralization": 


"I'll NEVER be a good public speaker." 

"I ALWAYS screw up, when I'm around other people." 

"I'll ALWAYS be a failure."

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In the problem that you posted, 
we see that the child thinks that there will ALWAYS be milk in every cup. 

Overgeneralization.