Alexander Graham Bell studied the human ear and noticed how sounds were transmitted when a membrane (the eardrum) vibrated. He applied this knowledge to the development of the telephone, using a similar process of vibration of a membrane. Which cognitive process did Bell demonstrate?
a. Metaphor
b. Conceptual expansion c. Analogy
d. Conceptual combination e. Mental set
c
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