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The exemplar approach to semantic memory is especially relevant
 
  a. when you want to emphasize how various concepts are related to each other.
  b. when the categories are very fluid and not very clearly defined.
  c. when all of the items are low-frequency nouns.
  d. when a category has a relatively small number of members.

Question 2

Which of the following students provides the most accurate comparison between the prototype approach and the exemplar approach?
 
  a. Tariq: The prototype approach works well for concepts that are nouns, whereas the exemplar approach works well for concepts that are verbs, especially verbs that show action.
  b. Clifford: The prototype approach says that concepts are associated with one best example of a category; the exemplar approach says that concepts are associated with many specific examples of a category.
  c. Ekaterina: At first, researchers emphasized that these two approaches would be very different from each other; now researchers say that they are identical, when focusing on everyday objects and organisms.
  d. Lynne: The prototype approach emphasizes items that exist in real life; the exemplar approach emphasizes geometric figures that don't exist in real life.



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xthemafja

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: d

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b




WWatsford

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


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:D TYSM

 

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