Question

People more quickly recognize that a blue jay is a bird than that a penguin is a bird because a blue jay more closely resembles their _____ of a bird. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished. Your answer:

Answer 1

Answer:

prototype

Explanation:

The general idea that people have of something is called a prototype.

The blue jay is bird that has feathers and can fly. When people think about what the word bird signifies they generally think of an animal with feathers, a beak, eyes and their ability to fly.

However, when people think about penguins they realise that it does not follow the prototype of a bird. Penguins cannot fly and swim underwater this is not what people think about when they think about a bird.

Hence, they do not relate the word bird closely to penguins as compared to the blue jay.