PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Falsifiability, Fault Tolerance, Neuropsychology
4 Apr 2014
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Page 240-262, 22 pages page 1 of 7. How are objects placed into categories: concept: a mental representation that is used for a variety of cognitive functions, including memory, reasoning, and using and understanding language. Concept of cats including what they are, what they look like, etc: categorization: the process of placing things into groups of categories. However, for most natural objects, this does not work as not all members have the same features: e. g. A place to sit, a way to support a person"s back for a chair but can be many different sizes and shapes. The prototype approach: finding the average case: prototype approach to categorization: membership in a category is determined by comparing to a typical , representative prototype member of the category. Results included 1. 18 for sparrow, 4. 53 for penguin, and 6. 15 for bat; for furniture , 1. 04 for chair and sofa, 2. 59 for china closet, 6. 68 for telephone.
