Joshua is three years old. His mother told him there was a bird perched outside on the bird feeder. Joshua pictured a robin in his mind when he went to the window but that is not the bird he saw on the feeder. He told his mother, "That's not a bird!" His ideal representation of a "bird" looking like a robin is
A) a stereotype.
B) a perception.
C) an attribution.
D) a prototype.

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Joshua's ideal representation of a bird looking like a robin is a prototype. A prototype is a mental image or best example that incorporates all the features that we associate with a category, such as a robin being the prototype for a bird.

Joshua Is Three Years Old