Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: List Of Muppets
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We do it all the time; we know chairs are chairs, jackets are jackets, etc. It"s very automatics, and we do it all the time without awareness. However, we must be making a decision about what we are seeing. However, the process of this decision is not available to us. Classical - for example, a dog is a dog because has characteristics true of all dogs; sharp teeth, non-retractable claws, barks, etc. If it has enough of these defining characteristics of this dog, then it is a dog, if not, it is something else. It"s a very rule based theory, and therefore, has it"s own issues. But when you put it to real life, it becomes more difficult. Prototype - a dog is a dog because matches a dog prototype (an average or an ideal) better than any other. We keep a running average in our head what we think is an ideal" or an average".
