Psychology 3130A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Surface Roughness, Inuit Languages, Dani People
8 Dec 2015
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The contrast model predicts asymmetric similarity because a is not constrained to. Individual, stored memory trace predicts good learning of nls. Prototype model predicts difficulty in acquiring those examples. Some set of items are classified in one category to the exclusion of. Prototype would be in the same region of perceptual space for both other objects concepts. Wouldn"t work to classify comparing two very similar prototypes: wont predict learnability, people can learn categories that have nls boundaries. Prototype models: cannot learn non-linearly separable categories. Exemplar models can learn non-linearly separable categories. Human and non-human subjects can learn non linearly separable categories. What separates language from other means of communication. E. g. , it takes place on the vocal auditory channel. Asl gestural but makes use of vocal apparatus. Language evolved as a vocal auditory mechanism. Broadcast transmission: can send signal out in many direction but perceiver gets it in one direction. Interchangeability: anything i can understand, i can re-communicate to someone else.
