The Concept of Prototypes Suggests That

question 130

Multiple Choice

The concept of prototypes suggests that:

• A) all members of a category are at the same level in a mental space.
• B) people from different cultures use the same ways of categorizing objects.
• C) every category has a sharp dividing line that separates members of the category from nonmembers.
• D) people decide whether an item is a member of a category by comparing it to familiar or typical examples.

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Definitions:

Total Product

The total output or production achieved by a firm from a given amount of inputs.

Marginal Product

The increase in output that results from employing one more unit of a particular input, keeping all other inputs constant.

Diminishing Marginal Returns

is an economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, begins to decrease.

Variable Resource

A resource whose quantity can change in the short run to increase or decrease production levels.