In Trial 18 of a Sentence-Verification Task, Participants See the Sentence

question 25

Multiple Choice

In Trial 18 of a sentence-verification task, participants see the sentence "A robin is a bird." In Trial 42 they see "A penguin is a bird." According to prototype theory, we should expect:

• A) faster responses to "robin" because participants more readily see the resemblance between "robin" and the bird prototype
• B) faster responses to "penguin" because penguins are a unique bird, thus easily identified
• C) faster responses to "robin" because of response priming
• D) faster responses to "penguin" because penguins are higher in typicality

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