A child thinks of a restaurant as a place where you go when you are hungry, where you order your food at a counter, Mommy pays for it before you get it, and where you play in the playground after eating. This child's mental representation of a restaurant,
which is likely to change as she gets older, is an example of a(n)
a. schema.
b. engram.
c. prototype.
d. memory hierarchy.
Answer: a. schema.
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