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iveyjurea · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A child passes a person on the street that has a short hairstyle. Although this hairstyle is more typical for males, most children understand that the person could be a female. This understanding, that sometimes the underlying reality cannot be directly observed, is referred to as ____.

a. functionalism
b. essentialism
c. inheritance
d. fundamentalism

Question 2

A dog could be described as being a mammal that barks and has four legs, two ears, a tail, and a slightly elongated snout. Jenny's neighbor has a dog that has lost a leg and his tail. According to a theory-based view of categorization, Jenny is most likely to classify the neighbor's pet as ____.

a. an unknown animal
b. another type of animal
c. a type of dog
d. an unknown object