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Question

Comic Sans MS 10 Paste A. A Aa A AT Syes Edting abA Aa A A Paragraph Styles r Clipboard Font When a concept does not have precise and strictly defined features which differentiate it from another concept, what can you say about the concept? a) b) c) d) It has fuzzy borders Itis a prototype It is a natural concept It is a subordinate concept Of the following four problem-solving strategies, which would you use to decide if a food that was served to you in a restaurant-but which you did not recognize- might be likely to taste good, or if a person walking behind you on a dark night might be likely to be dangerous? a) Algorithm b) Trial-and-error c) Insight d) Heuristics

Explanation / Answer

Concepts with fuzzy borders are very vague. They are meaningless and cannot be made sense of. They lack a defined border which may help them be assigned to a prototype. Concepts with a fuzzy border do not have a precise and strict defined features which would differentiate it from another concept.

Thus, the correct answer is option, A.