An adult introducing zoo animals to a child names and points out the features of each animal as they tour the zoo. In the section for hoofed mammals (e.g., deer, gazelles, antelopes, etc.), the child-despite the adult's explanations-calls everything a "deer." As they enter the next area, the child also calls a rhinoceros a "deer." The child's use of horns/no horns as a categorization system for "deer" illustrates the _______ theory approach to concept learning.
A) transfer
B) prototype
C) feature.
D) exemplar

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The child's reliance on a specific feature (horns/no horns) to categorize different animals as "deer" aligns with the feature theory approach to concept learning. This approach suggests that people categorize objects and ideas based on a set of defining features.

An Adult Introducing Zoo Animals to a Child Names and Points