Thought and Language & Organizing Our Thoughts - Chapter 8 Flashcards
1
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Concept
A
The mental representation of an object, event, or idea
2
Q
Categories
A
Clusters of interrelated concepts
3
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Definition-based
A
Membership in a category
is all-or-none and all
members are equal
4
Q
Typicality Effect
A
- Grand Membership
- Sentence verification
technique- ‘Is a robin a bird?’
- ’Is a penguin a
bird?’
5
Q
Grand Membership
A
Members of category vary in typicality
6
Q
Prototypes
A
- Mental representations of an average category
member- Classification by
resemblance - Explains graded
membership
- Classification by
7
Q
Exemplars
A
Categorization made by comparing stimulus to an
available example from memory (i.e., whatever comes to mind)
8
Q
Prototypes vs. Exemplars
A
Prototypes provide information about typicality, exemplars
provide information about variability within a category
9
Q
Semantic Networks
A
Categories and concepts organized from general
to more specific in a semantic network
10
Q
Lexical Decision Task
A
- Are both of the following real words?
- Bread and Bencle
- Bread and Brain
- Bread and Butter
