If Categories Are Formed Using Prototypes

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Multiple Choice

If categories are formed using prototypes:

• A)each new object must possess all the necessary features to be considered acceptable members of a category
• B)category membership is determined by the particular set of core features an object possesses
• C)each new object is compared to the existing members of the category
• D)each new object is compared to the best or most representative member of the category

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Definitions:

Randomized Block Design

A statistical experiment design that attempts to remove the effects of known confounding variables by grouping similar experimental units together into blocks before randomly assigning treatments.

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Blocking

A technique used in experimental design to reduce sources of variability within a test by grouping experimental units that are similar in ways that are expected to affect the response to the treatments.

Extraneous Factors

These are variables that affect the relationship between the independent and dependent variables but are not the variables of interest in the study.