Author Question: In a study by Posner, Welton, & Goldsmith (1967), participants saw a bunch of dot patterns, and ... (Read 96 times)

altibaby · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In a study by Posner, Welton, & Goldsmith (1967), participants saw a bunch of dot patterns, and then later had to classify them as previously seen or unseen.

When participants saw a dot pattern that resembled all of the
other ones, but that wasn't presented, they still tended to classify it as previously seen. This finding supports:
a) exemplar approach.
b) the essentialist view.
c) prototype approach.
d) the classical view.

Question 2

Which of these views of categorization CANNOT explain why the majority of individuals gives carrot as one of their first examples of a vegetable?

a) the exemplar view
b) the classical view
c) the prototype view
d) the essentialist view