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luminitza

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A(n) ______________ is a set of nested categories that vary in abstraction with each nested subset being a subset of its higher order category.
 
  a. ontological type c. schema
  b. taxonomy d. typicality gradient

Question 2

Categories are universal if ___________________ _.
 
  a. they have the same exemplars c. they are identical for everyone
  b. statistical patterns are invariant d. they are present across cultures



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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