PSYA01H3 Chapter 8: Thought and Language
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Concept: is the mental representation of an object, event, or idea. For example, chair, table, and sofa aren(cid:495)t independent, but instead can be divided into smaller groups with specific labels, such as armchair, and coffee table. Categories: refers to the clusters of interrelated concepts. Categorization: is a way to form these clusters. Classical categories: is a theory that claims that objects or events are categorized according to a certain set of rules or by a specific set of features. For example, a triangle is defined as having three angles and three sides. This definition can be used to categorize other triangles. For example, for the sentences (cid:494)a sparrow a bird(cid:495) and (cid:494)a penguin a bird(cid:495), researchers noticed that some members of a category are recognized faster than others. This means that people confirmed that a sparrow is a bird faster than they did for the penguin, since a sparrow is more bird-like.
