Rosch found that participants respond more rapidly in a same-different task when presented with "good" examples of colors such as "red" and "green" than when they are presented with "poor" examples such as "pink" and "light green." The result of this experiment was interpreted as supporting the ___________ approach to categorization.
A) exemplar
B) prototype
C) network
D) parallel processing

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The result of the experiment supports the prototype approach to categorization, which suggests that we categorize objects based on their similarity to an idealized representation or prototype of the category. The fact that participants responded more quickly to "good" examples of colors such as "red" and "green" suggests that these colors are closer to the prototype for the category of "color" than "poor" examples like "pink" and "light green." The exemplar approach to categorization suggests that we categorize objects based on specific memories of individual examples, while the network approach and parallel processing are not directly related to this type of categorization task.

Rosch Found That Participants Respond More Rapidly in a Same-Different