Given below are two statements:
Statement I: To teach a concept to students, its defining attributes have to be very clear.
Statement II: Concepts defined by the presence of one or more attributes are called disjunctive concepts.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options Given below:
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Statement I is true: when teaching a concept, its defining (criterial) attributes must be made very clear to learners, because vague or ambiguous attributes make it difficult for students to correctly classify examples and non-examples of the concept. Clear defining attributes are essential for concept attainment, as emphasized in concept-teaching models built on Bruner's work.
Statement II is false: concepts are generally classified into conjunctive, disjunctive, and relational concepts based on how their defining attributes combine. A conjunctive concept is one where an instance must possess all the required attributes together (joined by "and"). A disjunctive concept is one where an instance is classified as belonging to the concept if it possesses any one of two or more alternative attributes or attribute combinations (an "either-or" rule) - it is this alternative, either-or structure that defines a disjunctive concept, not merely a vague "presence of one or more attributes" as stated. Because Statement II fails to capture this alternative/either-or structure correctly, it is false.
Therefore, the correct answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
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