Samantha is participating in a psychology experiment in which she sees a sentence on a computer screen and is to decide as quickly as possible whether the sentence is true or false.According to the defining attribute model,Samantha would _____ answer "true" to the sentence "A penguin is a bird" as she is to answer "true" to the sentence "A robin is a bird."
A) be more likely to
B) be less likely to
C) be equally likely to
D) not

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According to the defining attribute model, people categorize objects based on a list of features. Penguins, being less typical birds compared to robins, may not immediately trigger the "bird" category, making Samantha less likely to quickly answer "true" for penguins.

Samantha Is Participating in a Psychology Experiment in Which She