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Kikoku

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In the first part of Posner, Goldsmith, and Welton's classic experiment on prototype abstraction, research participants saw:
 
  A) the prototype
  B) classical scenes broken down into basic shapes and forms
  C) distortions of prototypes
  D) coffee cups
  E) a large display with 27 dots in no particular order

Question 2

From the experiments on prototype theory, two main theoretical models of prototype formation have emerged. These are:
 
  A) featural variation vs. featural similarity
  B) featural similarity vs. attribute dispersion
  C) average variance vs. attribute consolidation
  D) central tendency vs. attribute dispersion
  E) central tendency vs. attribute frequency



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ndhahbi

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

E




Kikoku

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


bdobbins

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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