Concepts such as animal and chair are used for what purpose?
AProducing speech sounds
BStoring motor skills
CDetecting edges and colours
DSorting objects into classes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Sorting objects into classes
1. Concepts are general ideas or mental representations.
2. They are used to sort objects into classes, such as animal or table.
3. Edges, colours and speech sounds belong to perception and language.
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