A knowledge-based view of concepts in which members of a category are assumed to share a similar underlying nature is ______.
A)psychological essentialism
B)the schemata view
C)nonanalytic concept formation
D)grounded cognition

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Psychological essentialism is the view that members of a category share a similar underlying essence that makes them what they are. This perspective suggests that people believe categories have an underlying reality or true nature that one cannot observe directly but that gives an object its identity.

A Knowledge-Based View of Concepts in Which Members of a Category