Question

As a seven-year-old boy, Dean likes to catch butterflies and moths. He is fascinated by the colors and patterns on their wings. Today he saw several monarchs and caught one in his net. In his mental representations of butterflies and moths, the monarch he caught today is:_____
a. a concept.
b. a defining attribute.
c. a prototype.
d. an exemplar.

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Explanation:

In the exemplar theory, it is proposed in relation to the way in which individuals classify objects and ideas.

It is opined that humans make categorical assumptions based on the comparation between new stimuli with instances previously stored in their memory.