Categories and Concepts

Question 1

Attention

Answer 1

helps you focus finite mental resources on key parts of the active scene

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

helps you to recall specific thoughts and behaviors which are appropriate to your current needs

Question 3

Classification

Answer 3

the ability to classify dissimilar objects together in the same group

Question 4

understanding

Answer 4

the ability to evaluate a situation and act appropriately based on prior experiences

Question 5

communication

Answer 5

the ability to describe ideas or objects using a single label

Question 6

illusion of the expert

Answer 6

the feeling that tasks must be simple for everyone because it is simple for oneself

Question 7

prototype theory

Answer 7

we categorize objects by comparing them to an internal average member of a category

Question 8

Exemplar theory

Answer 8

we categorize objects by comparing them to every previously stored experience in a given category