People can verify that a robin is a bird more quickly than they can verify that a turkey is a bird.This is called __________.
A)the bird effect
B)the category size effect
C)the linguistic relativity effect
D)the typicality effect

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The best choice is D, the typicality effect. This effect refers to the phenomenon where people can classify or verify typical examples of a category more quickly than atypical examples. In this case, a robin is a more typical example of a bird than a turkey, so people can verify that a robin is a bird more quickly. The other options, such as the bird effect, category size effect, and linguistic relativity effect, do not accurately describe this phenomenon.

People Can Verify That a Robin Is a Bird More