The children's program Sesame Street has run a longtime segment showing children a set of objects and singing, "One of these thi
ngs is not like the others." Children must decide which object does not fit in the group. Which concept is reflected in this children's educational game?
Typicality, specifically the typicality effect, is the idea that people are more likely to be able to respond to typical items of a group quicker than atypical (strange, unusual, not normal) items of a group.
In this case, this concept is reflected by the children learning to quickly point out the item that is unlike the others (aka atypical).
