According to Your Textbook, in Which Way Do Americans and the Japanese

question 49

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, in which way do Americans and the Japanese tend to differ?

• A) Americans tend to use basic level categories whereas the Japanese do not.
• B) Americans tend to focus on a single characteristic, whereas Japanese people tend to view objects in relation to their environment.
• C) Americans consider cows to be livestock whereas the Japanese do not.
• D) Americans tend to use classical categorization, whereas the Japanese use prototypes.

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