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Four-year-old faisal and his mother were visiting faisal's older sister's kindergarten classroom. faisal pointed at his sister's teacher and asked his mother, what's that mom's name? faisal's apparent assumption that all women are mothers is evidence of his use of _____.

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faisal's apparent assumption that all women are mothers is evidence of his use of : Fast mapping
Fast mapping is a flawed mental process where a person makes a conclusion based on a single exposure of example of occurrence.
This mental process caused faisal to assume that all women are parents simply by exposed to the fact that his mother is a parent
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