The average American child watches ____ hours of television per day

A critical thinker would most likely say, "What I need to know most is _____

a) whether the source is an authority." b) whether this fits with what I already think." c) how they got this information." d) how many people agree with this."

The prototype approach suggests that a concept is classified as a member of a category if

a. the super-ordinate critical feature is matched. b. it matches your overall emotional evaluation of the concept. c. it is similar to an ideal or most representative example of the category. d. storing the concept as a member of the category minimizes the time and effort required to process information. e. the concept exactly matches with the dictionary definition of the category.