Prototypes are used to enhance memory and recall, since you can keep a prototype of something and then match new, similar things to the prototype in order to identify a new thing.
For example, if you are asked to imagine a dog. You may consider a German Shepard, your prototype for a dog by which you compare all other dogs. So if you see another dog, you could say that the other dog is small, heavy, ugly, beautiful..compared to your prototype
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Prototypes are used to enhance memory and recall, since you can keep a prototype of something and then match new, similar things to the prototype in order to identify a new thing.
For example, if you are asked to imagine a dog. You may consider a German Shepard, your prototype for a dog by which you compare all other dogs. So if you see another dog, you could say that the other dog is small, heavy, ugly, beautiful..compared to your prototype
Beatriz
A mental model containing the most typical features of a concept.
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