Question 1

A mutilated lemon will still be categorized as a lemon, while a counterfeit $20 bill will not be categorized as money. What does this say about categorization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychologists will never understand categorization. 
B)  Category membership cannot be based on resemblance alone. 
C)  Category membership is based on previously encountered examples. 
D)  Prototype theory is the most accurate theory of categorization.

Question 2

Participants are asked to make up sentences about the category "birds." Which of the following is LEAST likely to be true about this task?

Accepted Answer

A)  Among other tasks, this task provides evidence for the use of prototypes in categories. 
B)  Participants often have a wide range of birds in mind when generating these sentences. 
C)  Future participants will judge modified sentences where the name of a nonprototypical bird is substituted for the word "bird" as ridiculous. 
D)  The sensibility of a sentence is usually unchanged if the name of a prototypical bird is substituted for the word "bird."

Question 3

It is possible for a test case to be thought of as typical of a category, despite not being a member of that category. Which of the following examples is consistent with
This idea?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whales are more typical of fish than sea lampreys. 
B)  A squashed lemon that has been painted purple is more typical of fruit than an apple. 
C)  A poodle is more typical of a dog than a golden retriever. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln is a typical American president.

Question 4

In one procedure, participants were asked to judge which was a "better" even number: 4 or 18. The participants:

Accepted Answer

A)  were unable to perform this absurd task 
B)  offered judgments that show that well-defined categories do not show the graded-membership pattern 
C)  regarded all of the even numbers as being "equivalently even" 
D)  made the judgment in a fashion that implied a graded-membership pattern for the category "even number"

Question 5

According to prototype theory, the "prototype" selected for comparison will NOT be the:

Accepted Answer

A)  ideal for a category 
B)  average of various category members 
C)  same for every person 
D)  central tendency (middle) of all category members

Exam 9: Concepts and Generic Knowledge

A mutilated lemon will still be categorized as a lemon, while a counterfeit $20 bill will not be categorized as money. What does this say about categorization?

Participants are asked to make up sentences about the category "birds." Which of the following is LEAST likely to be true about this task?

It is possible for a test case to be thought of as typical of a category, despite not being a member of that category. Which of the following examples is consistent with This idea?

In one procedure, participants were asked to judge which was a "better" even number: 4 or 18. The participants:

According to prototype theory, the "prototype" selected for comparison will NOT be the: