PS102 : Chapter 9.docx
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Concept- a mental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common properties. For example, dogs is a simpler idea then golden retrievers and shitszu. Basic concepts- concepts that have a moderate number of instances and that are easier to acquire than those having few or many instances. Book is more basic then both novel and printed matter. Prototype- an especially representative example of a concept. Proposition- a unit of meaning that is made up of concepts and expresses a single idea. People must represent their relations their relations to one another using propositions. Linked together in complicated networks of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations. Cognitive schemas-an integrated mental network of knowledge, beliefs and expectations concerning a particular topic or aspect of the world. Mental images- a mental representation that mirrors or resembles the thing it represents; mental images occur in many and perhaps all sensory.
