AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -prototype a mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories (as when you compare a feathered creature to a prototypical bird, such as a robin).

Detailed explanation-2: -Prototype: A mental image or best example of a category.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 : an original model on which something is patterned : archetype 2 : an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type 3 : a standard or typical example 4 : a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (such as an airplane)

Detailed explanation-4: -*Prototype-a mental image or best example of a category. *Algorithm-a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier–but also more error-prone–use of heuristics.

Detailed explanation-5: -Concept. A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.