Rips (1975) reported an experiment in which subjects read a story about an island inhabited by only eight species of animals: sparrows, robins, eagles, hawks, ducks, geese, ostriches, and bats. The evidence indicated __________

a. support for prepositional theories of representation
b. support for PDP models
c. support for the dual-coding hypothesis
d. evidence for prototype effects

Answer: d

Psychology

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a) psychoanalytic b) intrapersonal c) biological d) behavioral

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An example of intraspecific aggression would be

a. a wolf attacking a deer. b. a dog attacking a cat. c. one country dropping bombs on another country. d. a hawk capturing a field mouse. e. a hunter killing a wild boar.

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