Each General Statement Below Is Followed by Several Examples

question 9

Multiple Choice

Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Throughout history, people have built huge walls to separate two populations.

• A) The most famous example is the 4,000-mile-long Great Wall of China, built in 200 B.C. by the Ming Dynasty to protect against raids by Mongol and Turkic tribes.
• B) The Roman Empire built Hadrian's Wall across the width of Britain to protect its territory against Scottish tribes.
• C) The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is known as "The Wall."
• D) Before Germany's Berlin Wall was demolished in 1989, it had divided West Berlin from East Berlin for twenty-eight years.

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Definitions:

Nonanalytic Concept Formation

This refers to the process of understanding and categorizing information based on experience or intuition, rather than through analytical or systematic strategies.

Grounded Cognition

The theory suggesting that cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body's interactions with the world, relying on sensory experiences.

Psychological Essentialist View

The belief that certain categories, particularly living things, have an underlying reality or true nature that one cannot observe directly but gives an object its identity.

Observable Properties

Characteristics or aspects of objects or phenomena that can be detected and measured through the senses or with the aid of scientific instruments.