PSYCH 140C Study Guide - Set Theory, Prototype Theory, Phoneme
16 Nov 2013
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Evidence consistent with the prototype theory of concept representation comes from: typicality ratings, recognition tasks in which prototypes are falsely recognized, uncertainty about whether some stimuli belong to a given category, all of the above. Warren and warren (1970) presented participants with the following four sentences, where * indicates that the phoneme was replaced with non-speech sound. It was found that the *eel was on the axle. It was found that the *eel was on the shoe. It was found that the *eel was on the orange. It was found that the *eel was on the table. Describe an experiment for identifying bird experts, based on the distinction between subordinate and basic levels in a conceptual hierarchy. Ask subjects to do a series of speeded identifications, involving birds and some other animal types, at both the subordinate and basic level. The bird experts are those subjects who are equally fast at the identification at both levels for the bird stimuli.
