Ms. Lounge is teaching her son Joe the concept of cow by showing him pictures of both cows and bears. Joe thinks to himself, Maybe all cows have horns; let me look at a few more pictures and check. Joe's reasoning best illustrates which one of the following views of concept learning?
a. Buildup of associations
b. Prototype
c. Exemplars
d. Hypothesis testing
Question 2
In which of the following situations is a child most likely to be learning a concept through a buildup of associations?
a. Because all of his teddy bears are brown, 2-year-old Harry thinks that all bears are brown.
b. When a strange man comes to the house, Mother introduces him to 3-year-old Regina as Uncle Albert. Regina asks, What's an uncle'?
c. When peas are served at dinner, 7-year-old Molly proclaims, I don't like peas now and will never, ever like them
d. To help himself remember what a trapezoid is, 12-year-old Mark repeats the definition to himself several times in a row.
An example showing a modification that has occurred as a result of biological evolution
Phylogenies showing the relationships of some Old World primates
Hartmann's mountain zebra resting, showing its characteristic essentially unbarred belly
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