The Prototype Model is a theory of <u>graded categorization</u> developed cognitivists such as Rosch (1970), Driven and Taylor (1988) which states that a concept is represented by a prototypical element. Thus, there are certain characteristics that frequently<u> co-occur </u>and lead to the definition of a certain category. It is worth mentioning, that certain members of a category are prototypical and they are not all equal. For example, if we think about the concept furniture, <em>table</em> is more frequently cited than <em>counter or desk</em>.
If we are asked about the concept of water animals for example, we will probably think of fish (they all live in the water, they have fins, they can swim, they can be of different shapes and sizes). Going deeper, if we are asked about the concept of fish, we would probably think about a little, two-fin, orange one and not, at least at first, about a shark or a whale for example, though this depends on our experience.
One problem that blocks communication is the hierarchy within an institution. The communication is hard to disseminate below and would take the time to finally be absorbed by the working people. A decentralized communication gives faster action and results for dissemination which in effect gives member satisfaction for immediate solutions or understanding of situations.
It was called the New Frontier
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A market for cats would have had a positive externality.
Because the cats would kill the rats on sight since that is their natural behavior.
However, it is interesting to mention, that the cat's killing has been more of a "mythic" aspect of this story, since it fails to take into account that since the black death was caused by the<em> yersinia pestis</em> bacteria, cats could have been also infected, and since their interactions with humans are greater than rats or fleas, the real outcome could have been totally unexpected.
