PSYC 336 Lecture 9: 9.8 - Concepts and Generic Knowledge VIII
7 Dec 2020
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Understanding of a concept involves a network of beliefs linking the target concept to other concepts. Put more emphasis on the interrelationships between concepts. This would enable us to include in our accounts the wide network of beliefs in which concepts seem to be embedded. Provide you with a broad cause-and-effect understanding of why raccoons are as they are. Theories are less precise, less elaborate than a scientific theory but serve the same function. Provide a crucial knowledge base that we rely on in thinking about an object/event/category. Enable us to understand new facts we might encounter about the object/category. Implicit theories influence how you categorize things. Concept theories are crucial for discussions of resemblance. Guide decisions about which features matter in judging resemblance and which ones do not. Your theories affect how quickly you learn new concepts. Easier to sort things and understand new things if you understand the concept.
