An Adult Introducing Zoo Animals to a Child Names and Points

Multiple Choice

An adult introducing zoo animals to a child names and points out the features of each animal as they tour the zoo. In the section for hoofed mammals (e.g., deer, gazelles, antelopes, etc.) , the child-despite the adult's explanations-calls everything a "deer." As they enter the next area, the child also calls a rhinoceros a "deer." The child's use of horns/no horns as a categorization system for "deer" illustrates the _______ theory approach to concept learning.

A) transfer
B) prototype
C) feature.
D) exemplar