Miss Libby asks her class to draw a picture of a dog. They draw pictures of retrievers, shepherds, mutts, terriers, spaniels, and lots of others. Her students obviously have different __________ of a dog.

A. formal concepts
B. prototypes
C. premises
D. propositions


Answer: B

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