A task for determining how prototypical an object is would be
A. a fill in the blank task where participants generate paired members within a category.
B. a task where participants rate the extent to which each member represents the category title.
C. a task where participants rate the extent to which category members resemble one another.
D. a fill in the blank task where participants generate the category classification for a list of members.
Answer: B
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