A person is more likely to see the "family resemblance" between an item and other members of a concept if the item matches this representative member of the concept

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The concept of prototypes suggests that there is a central, representative member of a category that helps form the basis for how people perceive and identify items within the category. Therefore, if an item matches the prototype, it is more likely to be recognized as part of that category and share characteristics with other items in the category (i.e. demonstrate "family resemblance"). The other answer options, geon, exemplar, and instance, do not directly correspond to the concept of prototypes in the same way.

A Person Is More Likely to See the "Family Resemblance