Why Do Individuals from Mexico Easily Categorize Avocadoes as a Fruit

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why do individuals from Mexico easily categorize avocadoes as a fruit whereas western Europeans do not?

• A)What is considered to be typical of a category depends on cultural and social experience.
• B)Categorizations are somewhat independent of previous knowledge and experience.
• C)Familiarity with an item increases use of cognitive schemas and mental shortcuts.
• D)Taxonomic hierarchies are dependent on basic features of a category and may result in miscategorization.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

The act of strengthening a response by adding a reward, thus increasing the likelihood that the response will be repeated.

Operant Behaviors

Actions that an individual takes that are modified by the consequences they lead to, extensively studied in operant conditioning.

Respondent Behaviors

Automatic responses elicited by specific stimuli, based on the principle of classical conditioning in psychology.

Variable-ratio Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses.