PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Myelin, Foxp2, Language Production
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The mental representation of an object, event, or idea: concept, there are very few independent concepts, categories, we form these groups using a process called categorization. Classical categories: definitions and rules: classical categorization according to a certain set of rules or by a specific set of features. This theory claims that objects or events are categorized: definitions do a fine job of explaining how people categorize items in certain situations, graded membership. The observation that some concepts appear to make better category members than others. If there are a few major distinctions between items, we use resemblance; if there are complications, we switch to rules. Networks and hierarchies: semantic network them to form a category, what makes basic-level category unique: Categorization and experience: adults integrate new stimuli into categories based on what they have experience before, when encountering a new item, people will select its category by retrieving the item(s) that are most similar to it from memory.
