While Trying to Learn What a Dog Is,Arash Mentally Compares

question 32

Multiple Choice

While trying to learn what a dog is,Arash mentally compares every animal to his family's new puppy.If the animal is similar enough,he decides that it is also a dog.Arash's puppy serves as a _______________ for the concept of dog.

• A) proposition
• B) heuristic
• C) concept
• D) prototype

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Definitions:

Behavioral Level

A perspective in psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and the ways in which they can be learned, measured, and modified.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to evaluate others in terms of first impressions.

Actor-Observer Effect

A psychological bias where people tend to attribute their own actions to situational factors while attributing others' actions to their personalities or character.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underestimating the influence of external factors.