Compare and Contrast the Standard Object for the Prototype Approach

question 49

Essay

Compare and contrast the standard object for the prototype approach to categorization and for the exemplar approach to categorization.Include descriptions of how the standards can lead to similar as well as different categorization judgments.

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Definitions:

Diminishing Returns

A principle in economics indicating that adding more of one factor of production, while holding others constant, will at some point yield lower incremental per-unit returns.

Constant Costs

Costs that remain the same in total, regardless of changes in the volume of goods or services produced.

Average Variable Cost

The total variable costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced; it shows the variable cost per unit.

Average Fixed Cost

The fixed costs of production (costs that do not change with the level of output) divided by the quantity of output produced, decreases as production increases.