Which approach to categorization involves forming a standard representation based on an average of category members that a person has encountered in the past?

A. Exemplar
B. Network
C. Typicality
D. Prototype


Answer: D

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Stewart is sitting in his office, which is lighted with a bluish neon light, eating a red apple. Even though the apple is bathed in bluish light, he continues to perceive it as red. This illustrates:

A) the trichromatic theory. B) retinal disparity. C) the opponent-process theory. D) color constancy.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Margaret is a 58-year-old-woman who has smoked almost all of her life, and now she has just been given a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer by her physician. Margaret is devastated, and begins to go to church and pray regularly

Her prayers consist of promising to quit smoking and devote the rest of her life to the good of other people if she receives a reprieve from God. According to Kübler-Ross, which of the five stages of death and dying is Margaret exhibiting? a) 1st stage b) 2nd stage c) 3rd stage d) 4th stage

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