When Participants Are Asked to Generate Examples of a Particular

question 58

Multiple Choice

When participants are asked to generate examples of a particular category, they tend to:

• A)produce unusual members of the category first.
• B)be unduly influenced by spreading activation.
• C)show no signs of spreading activation.
• D)produce prototypical members of the category first.

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Definitions:

Level of Sophistication

The degree of complexity, development, or refinement exhibited by an individual, system, or process.

Ecological Isomorphism

The concept that ecological systems or organisms show similar structures, processes, or relationships despite being from different environments or evolutionary backgrounds.

Selection Bias

A problem in experimental design stemming from the experimental groups not being comparable.

Spurious Relationships

A connection between two variables that appears causal but is actually caused by a third variable.