When a Professor Asked the Class to Name the First

question 59

Multiple Choice

When a professor asked the class to name the first fruit that came to mind, over 80% of the students said either apple, orange, or banana. This illustrates that ______.

• A) students are generally conformists
• B) most people are limited by relying on rule-based categorization.
• C) these are very prototypical fruits
• D) any single concept can be placed into only one category

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