Baako called his sister Nako on the phone and asked her if he wanted a chair his friend had offered him but that he could not fit in his apartment. Nako said "Sure!" because she was just starting out on her own and needed something to put at a kitchen table she had gotten from a friend. When she went to pick up the chair from Baako she was shocked to discover it was a large, dish shaped, and orange. Nako sat in it and loved it, thanked Baako and took the chair home. What is the best psychological explanation for why Nako was so surprised by the chair?
A) It was not similar to her prototype for the word "chair."
B) It was orange.
C) It was free.
D) It was large.

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Nako's expectations for what a chair should look like were based on her prototype for the word "chair," which likely did not include a large, dish-shaped, and orange chair.

Baako Called His Sister Nako on the Phone and Asked