One Piece of Research Evidence That Supports the View That

question 277

Multiple Choice

One piece of research evidence that supports the view that categories are formed using exemplars is the finding that:

• A)people seem to know things about which features within a category go together
• B)people can make faster classifications when new objects have most of a category's core features
• C)most people select the same category members when asked to provide examples from different categories
• D)people seldom use superordinate categories in everyday explanations

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Definitions:

Union

In set theory, the combination of two sets to form a set that includes any elements that are a member of at least one of the original sets.

Independent Events

Describes two events where the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the occurrence of the other.

Conditional Probability

The odds of an event taking place assuming another distinct event has occurred previously.

Joint Probability

The probability of two or more events happening at the same time, assuming there is some relationship between the events.