Matching Pairs PrototypesOnline version Semantics by eydie arzate 1 Examplers 2 What would be the best example or prototype of a bird? 3 What would be the prototype of a piece of furniture? 4 Eleanor Rosch 5 Cognitive psychology 6 What would be the least prototypical example of a bird? 7 If an item shares at least some central features with the category prototype, we consider it as an example of this category. 8 Prototype When asked to name a few examples, the more prototypical items came up more frequently. The best example of a category. The one that has the most features of that category. It can be graded according to tipycality. Born in 1938, specialized in cognitive psychology, and known for her work on categorization, the prototype theory. The study of mental processes; such as, attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking.