Describing the square, hard, four-legged, flat surface in your kitchen as "great-great-grandmother Randall's 100-year-old oak table" would be an example of:
A)using a basic-level category description
B)using a superordinate category description
C)using a subordinate category description
D)using prototypes

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Using the specific descriptor "great-great-grandmother Randall's 100-year-old oak table" is an example of a subordinate category description, which provides a more specific and detailed description of the object. The other choices (basic-level category, superordinate category, prototypes) would be more general or abstract descriptors.

Describing the Square, Hard, Four-Legged, Flat Surface in Your Kitchen