Question

While trying to learn what a "dog" is, Arash mentally compares every animal to his family's new puppy. If the animal is similar enough, he decides that it is also a dog. Arash's puppy serves as a _______________ for the concept of "dog."

Answer 1

Arash's puppy serves as a prototype for the concept of "dog".

Step-by-step explanation:

A prototype is a model for something, a primary one from which future things are based on.

In this case, Arash's puppy serves as a prototype since Arash is looking for similarities between it and other dogs and only when he decides that they are similar enough does he decide the others are also dogs.