Malik Is Playing with a Red Triangular Toy

Multiple Choice

Malik is playing with a red triangular toy. He hears an adult use the novel word block. Malik is likely to think this new word refers to the toy, rather than its shape, it's color, or some other characteristic of it. This illustrates the concept of

A) cognitive bias.
B) universal language.
C) bootstrapping.
D) mutual exclusivity.
E) whole object assumption.