GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
mental image or best example of a category
|
|
|
an objective rule that many objects fit
|
|
|
a model of a future invention
|
|
|
None of the above
|
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: -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-3: -a theory of categorization proposing that people form an average of the members of a category and then use the average as a prototype for making judgments about category membership.
Detailed explanation-4: -"A prototype is a category or grouping of linguistic information, objects, ideas, or life experiences.” The word “prototype” should be changed to the word “concept."
Detailed explanation-5: -A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people is known as a(n): prototype.