A pet monkey was presented with pictures of a variety of cars interspersed with pictures of a variety of animals.The monkey's ability to separate all the car pictures into one pile and all the animal pictures into another,separate pile would best illustrate the monkey's capacity for
A) receptive language.
B) concept formation.
C) bilingual communication.
D) learning rules of syntax.

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The ability to categorize objects into groups based on their shared characteristics is an example of concept formation. The monkey's ability to separate the cars and animals into distinct piles demonstrates its capacity for this cognitive process. Receptive language, bilingual communication, and learning rules of syntax are not relevant concepts in this scenario.

A Pet Monkey Was Presented with Pictures of a Variety