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Something that represents classes of things that we have grouped together is called
concept
A thing that is put into a mental file folder and hence falls under a concept is called
referent
When all the referents of one concept are included in another but one concept refers to more things than the other, then the broader concept is called
genus
When all the referents of one concept are included in another but one concept refers to more things than the other, then the narrower concept is called
species
Which is the genus in the following pair of concepts?
PERFORMER, SINGER
Performer
Which is the genus in the following pair of concepts?
FROG, VERTEBRATE
Vertebrate
Which is the species in the following pair of concepts?
MANUFACTURING, SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
Manufacturing
Which is the species in the following pair of concepts?
ARGON, INERT GASES
Argon
A concept is abstract because it:
1. refers to a group of objects, not just to a single thing;
2. groups together things that differ from one another. Things are grouped together, not because they are identical, but because they are similar in some respect.
Something that refers to a group of objects is
abstract
Something that refers to a single thing is
concrete
Which is abstract in the following pair of concepts?
CARL SAGAN, ASTRONOMER
Astronomer
Which is abstract in the following pair of concepts?
HERBIE THE LOVE BUG, AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles
Which is concrete in the following pair of concepts?
ODYSSEY, APOLLO SPACECRAFT
Odyssey
Which is concrete in the following pair of concepts?
TITANTIC, SHIPS
Titantic
Arrange the following concepts from the most to the least abstract.
CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, IMMUNOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, IMMUNOCHEMISTRY
Arrange the following concepts from the most to the least abstract.
QUADRILATERAL, RHOMBUS, PARALLELOGRAM, FIGURE
FIGURE, QUADRILATERAL, PARALLEOLGRAM, RHOMBUS
Arrange the following concepts from the most to the least abstract.
ELECTRIC GUITAR, GUITAR, STRINGED INSTRUMENT, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, STRINGED INSTRUMENT, GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
Identify which rule the following classification most clearly violates.
Biologists use three kinds of microscopes. The simple microscope uses a single lens. A compound microscope uses two lenses, and a stereomicroscope is used to study the external structure of specimens.
doesn't employ a consistent principle
Identify which rule the following classification most clearly violates.
There are many organic compounds. However, there are three types that are important to living organisms--lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins.
the species of the classification taken together do not jointly exhaust all the objects in the genus
Identify which rule the following classification most clearly violates.
Within living organism, there are proteins and then there are enzymes that serve to facilitate the biochemical reactions taking place within the organism.
the species of the classification are not mutually exclusive
Identify which rule the following classification most clearly violates.
According to Aristotle, animals fell into three distinct groups--air-dwellers, land-dwellers, and water-dwellers.
the classification doesn't use essential traits in its basis