categories and concepts

Question 1

4 basic functions of categorization

Answer 1

classification, understanding, predicting, & communication

Question 2

allows you to treat objects that appear differently as belonging together

Answer 2

classification

Question 3

identifies the intentions of a situation

Answer 3

understanding

Question 4

you can make predictions by comparing your current situation to a similar experience in memory

Answer 4

predicting

Question 5

uses specific words to describe ideas efficiently

Answer 5

communication

Question 6

the feeling that a task must be simple because it is simple for oneself

Answer 6

illusion of the expert

Question 7

Simple, rather than complex categories, leave us susceptible to Illusion of the Expert

Answer 7

Lee Brooks

Question 8

we categorize objects by comparing them to an internal “best” representation of a given category

Answer 8

prototype theory

Question 9

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

Answer 9

exemplar theory

Question 10

not possible to change innate properties

Answer 10

natural objects

Question 11

possible to change innate properties

Answer 11

man-made objects

Question 12

is a large, complex unit of knowledge that encodes properties typical of instances of general categories and omit properties which are not typical of the categories

Answer 12

schema