Shelli and Lisa are talking about their favorite teachers. They each have qualities and characteristics that they feel make the ideal teacher. What are Shelli and Lisa talking about?

Answer:Prototype

Explanation:A prototype is a cognitive representation that we hold about a particular situation or category, what we consider as qualities of something

They are crucial for our memory and our ability to recall things because we can use our prototype to relate it to new information which are similar to these prototypes we have about certain things, the we can be able to categorize things accordingly.