PSY-3217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Family Resemblance, Prototype Theory, Semantic Similarity
16 Aug 2016
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Chapter 8: conceptual knowledge cannot be represented by strict definitions, family resemblance allows more flexibility in determining category membership, prototype: mental average category member a way of defining the center of a category. Knowledge: simple/general concepts (e. g. , animal, friendship, cup) Are central to human language, memory, and thought. Are building blocks for more complex thoughts. Aristotle: concepts are represented in terms of defining features. Knowledge as definitions: concepts as definitions: the thing in the world must have certain properties to be an instance of a given concept. Family resemblance: solution: base categorization on what concepts have in common, and allow for exceptions/variability. Instead of dog = creature with fur, 4 legs, & barks . Categories are defined from the inside out as opposed to strictly defining the boundaries: prototypes are based on category members we"ve encountered. One month later, many participants changed their decisions (e. g. , 37% for.
