According to the Typicality Effect

question 22

Multiple Choice

According to the typicality effect

• A) objects in a category have a family resemblance to one another.
• B) objects that are not typical stand out and so are more easily remembered.
• C) items that are high in prototypicality are judged more rapidly as being in a group.
• D) we remember typical objects better than nontypical objects.

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Definitions:

Optic Nerve

A crucial nerve in the eye that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

Axon Fibers

Long, slender projections of nerve cells (neurons) that conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Ganglion Cells

Neurons located in the retina that receive visual information from photoreceptors and transmit it to the brain.

Opponent-process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how humans perceive colors as the brain processes signals from the eyes in an antagonistic manner.