Which of the following students has the most accurate information about the research on levels of categorization?
a. Stacy: "We use family-resemblance names in order to identify objects."
b. Midori: "Members of superordinate-level concepts are especially likely to produce the priming effect."
c. Scott: "Brain-imaging research shows that the prefrontal cortex is activated when people judge superordinate terms; it is less active with basic-level terms."
d. Rasa: "Experts and novices both use basic-level terms more than subordinate-level terms."
Ans: c
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