Mary had trouble recognizing that snails can be a food because snails did not fit with her _____ of food.
A)prototype
B)heuristic
C)intuition
D)generative idea

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A prototype refers to the most typical and representative example of a particular concept or category. In this case, Mary had a prototype or mental image of what food was supposed to be, and snails did not fit into that mental image.

Mary Had Trouble Recognizing That Snails Can Be a Food