PSYC 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Justin Trudeau, Concept Learning, Prototype Theory

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 205
• Professor: Janet Hiebert

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Remember that paper is due week 11. Fundamental for every aspect of cognition, social competence, communication. Concept- something hangs together based on an abstract rule. Everything in the category hold onto the same rule. Categorization: process of classifying items or events into groups based on one or more common features. Prototype theory: introduction: concepts vs. categorization, categorization: process of classifying items or events into groups based on one or more common features, concepts: abstract set of rules that define membership in a category, concepts can change over time: Conceptual formation is a dynamic process and can continue for as long as you have new, relevant experiences. If (cid:455)ou"re a vervet monkey the african leopard is a predictor- you need to be able to classify all leopards including their individual differences as predators. Leopard they will run to the trees and move really fast. They hang out as a group and they have alarm calls they make when they see a.