BCS 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mental Rotation, Exemplar Theory, Family Resemblance

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Course: BCS 111
• Professor: David Ruskin

Document Summary

Viewpoint invariance- recognize object from multiple viewpoints as same thing. View-dependent recognition- recognize by multiple views, individual things remembers & transformed in our minds to match input (vice versa) Remember views of an object & do mental rotation to match. View-independent recognition- recognition by components/combinations of primitive features. Geons- geometric primitives all objects are composed of. Associative networks- webs of overlapping & distinct features. Basic level- learned first; consistent cross-culturally- all familiar objects w/ basic category name. Right amount of info given for most situations. Evidence of levels- free response naming (best name for item), naming , greater activation for. Prototype theory-some things are more ___-like; category-based generalization for comparison against; see new object, compare to stored prototypes. Graded membership- not all fish are fish-like Exemplar theory- knowledge consists of specific instances or facts; compare novel to known based on most similar. Theory models- knowledge ---> concept, sub-concepts interact. Shape bias- same shape ---> same category.