The exemplar approach to semantic memory proposes that

a. exemplars are stored at the basic level; nonexemplars are stored at the subordinate level.
b. an exemplar is an idealized example of a category, derived by taking an average of the members of that category.
c. experts make better use of exemplars, whereas novices make better use of prototypes.
d. we store a number of examples for each concept; to classify a new stimulus, we compare it with this set of examples.


Ans: d

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