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:

Temperature

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system, indicating how hot or cold the system is.

Latitude

Latitude refers to a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface.

Biological Magnification

The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in organisms at each successive level of the food chain.

Saprotroph

Organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing organic matter, playing a crucial role in the ecosystem's nutrient cycle.