Concepts and Categorisation 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCognition and LanguageUniversityAll boards Created by: Meg FraserCreated on: 16-05-18 11:43 Why do we not categorise? Increases the complexity of the environment 1 of 20 What is an attribute? Distinct features of objects 2 of 20 What is a rule? Logical relationship between attributes 3 of 20 What is an exemplar? An object that satisfies a concept 4 of 20 If both of the attributes specified in the logical relation must be present to be an exemplar, what rule is it? Conjunctive 5 of 20 If either of the relevant attributes must be present to be an exemplar, what is the rule? Disjunctive 6 of 20 What is the rule when if the first attribute is present then the other must be present? Conditional 7 of 20 What is the rule when both attributes must be present or both must be absent? Bioconditional 8 of 20 Different rules provide different amounts of exposure to the attributes, what does more exposure lead to? Quicker learning 9 of 20 What is not true about natural categories? As you move from the basic level to the global level, you gain a little bit of information 10 of 20 What is not true about the superordinate level of natural categories? Lowest level of abstraction 11 of 20 What is not true about the subordinate level of natural categories? E.g. table, sparrow 12 of 20 What is not true about the basic level of natural categories? Usually acquired last by children 13 of 20 Why does the basic level appear to be special? Quicker to identify basic-level category members as members of a category 14 of 20 What is family resemblance (Wittgenstein, 1953)? Measure of the overlap between members within a category 15 of 20 What is typicality? Differences in how well members relate to their category 16 of 20 What is intension? The set of attributes that define what it is to be a member of a concept 17 of 20 What is extension? The set of entities that are members of the concept 18 of 20 Which approach does not work well? Definitional 19 of 20 The concept is represented by multiple examples rather than a single one and examples are actual category members. Which approach is this? Exemplar 20 of 20
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