The principle illustrated when most people are able to recognize a variety of examples of chairs even though no one category member may have all of the characteristic properties of "chairs" (e.g., most chairs have four legs but not all do) is
a. family resemblance.
b. prototypicality.
c. graded membership.
d. instance theory.
a
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A. epigenetics B. genetics C. behavioral genetics D. behavioral health
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a. make internal attributions in both cases b. make external attributions in both cases c. make an internal attribution for placing first, but an external attribution for not placing at all d. make an internal attribution for not placing at all, but an external attribution for placing first
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a. prefrontal cortex b. posterior insula c. hypothalamus d. anterior cingulate cortex
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a. existential b. behavioral c. cognitive d. humanistic