For most people, a dog is a better fit than a tarantula for the category of pets. This is an example of ____________.
A) linguistic relativity
B) graded membership
C) priming
D) functional fixedness

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Graded membership refers to the idea that concepts or categories have varying degrees of relevance or fit to different instances or examples. In this case, owning a dog is considered to be a closer or better fit to the category of pets, while owning a tarantula may be considered a more distant or less fitting example.

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