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KWilfred

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According to the varying abstraction model (VAM), prototypes and exemplars are simply two extremes on a continuum of abstraction with exemplars nearer the ____ end of the spectrum and prototypes nearer the ____ end of the spectrum.
 
  a. concrete; abstract
  b. featural; concrete
  c. abstract; averaged
  d. averaged; featural

Question 2

According to the ____ approach, we have several typical representatives of categories that are used when trying to categorize concepts.
 
  a. prototype
 b. characteristic features
  c. exemplar
 d. defining features



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c





 

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