According to the Metacontrast Principle, Category Prototypes Are Used to Accentuate

question 62

Multiple Choice

According to the metacontrast principle, category prototypes are used to accentuate ________ within groups and ________ between groups.

• A) ingroup norms; outgroup norms
• B) similarities; differences
• C) mean scores; standard deviations
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

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