'Concpets'

Question 1

concept

Answer 1

mental representation of classes of things [allows for us to make sense of the world]

Question 2

exemplar

Answer 2

specific ‘dog’ from that category

Question 3

prototype

Answer 3

capture the central tendency of a category

Question 4

prototype theory

Answer 4

concepts are represented by a ‘categorical prototype’
- if you see children, you generate an idea to match to parent

Question 5

exemplar theory

Answer 5

subjects do not form an abstract ‘prototype’ for each category - individual exemplars stored in memory

Question 6

different levels of categorization [3]

Answer 6

basic (dog)

general: superordinate (mammal)

specific: subordinate (spaniel)

Question 7

what makes ‘basic’ so unique?

Answer 7

balance the trade off between informativeness and distinctness

Question 8

typicality

Answer 8

how much ‘they’ resemble the prototype

Question 9

objects high in typicality

Answer 9

‘better’ members of the category, than objects further from prototype (more acknowledge/ used)