Most People in North America Would Use a Mental Version

question 33

Multiple Choice

Most people in North America would use a mental version of robin- or sparrow-like creature as their main basis for determining whether something was a "bird" or not.Things that were more like this representation would be more likely to be considered a "bird," and things that were less like this representation would be less likely to be considered a "bird." This best represents which approach to concepts and categorization?

• A)exemplar theory
• B)prototype theory
• C)classical view
• D)knowledge-based view