Thinking

Please mind that these notes were produced for my multiple choice exam. If you are taking a written exam you could print these and write around the notes adding your own detail. 

CATEGORISATION

• CATEGORY- a group of items belonging together which are associated with concepts that apply to those items. 
  
• CATEGORISATION- the process of placing items into the mental categories. This process is important in communication as it allows large amounts of info to be shared by referring to a category. There are endless possiblities in this process.
• EXEMPLAR- an item in a category
• ATTRIBUTE- a feature or property of a category

Catergorisation faclitates COGNITIVE ECONOMY- to decrease info, we need to learn, percieve, remember and recognise. 

LEVELS OF CONCEPTUALISATION 

SUBORDINATE LEVEL- most specific but less practical 

BASIC LEVEL- most common and preferred. The level on which our first words are based. 

SUPERORDINATE LEVEL- extremely specific 

ROLE OF EXPERTISE

EXPERTISE- moderates the use of category levels

JOHNSON AND MERVIS 1997- in experts the subordinate level becomes the basic level due to increased knowledge in…