When Mary thinks about what a dog is, several very different-looking animals come to mind, including greyhounds, German shepherds, cocker spaniels, and Chihuahuas. Which one of the following views of concept learning best characterizes Mary's knowledge of the concept dog?

(A) Mental theory

(B) Prototype

(C) Exemplars

(D) Feature list

Answer: (B) Prototype

Explanation:

Prototype involves all the preexisting ideas that we have learnt or copied into our mind we are able then to relate the current information by retrieving those preexisting ideas and matching them with the current situation inorder to resolve it.

Mary already knows what a dog is and because she has this information stored in her long term memory she is able to retrieve it and use it to define these types of dogs.