PSYC 213 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.3: Prototype Theory, Splean, Natural Kind
3 Mar 2017
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So it reminds you of examples from the category store all of the individual instances of the category that you have ever encountered. Problem with exemplar theory some instances will be extremely different form the other instances you have encountered. Resemblance both prototype theory and exemplar theory rely on something"s resemblance to stored concepts sometimes we use resemblances; sometimes we use things that matter semantic networks (collins and quillian) She had spent all her money and she wouldn"t be getting a paycheck for another three days. Concepts as organized by theories categories are formed not just by matching properties, but by theories about how things are related: man at party jumps into swimming pool wearing lampshade and all his clothes. Carey: 6-year olds rated a toy monkey to be more similar to people than a live worm. But they also judged that the worm was more likely to have a spleen than a toy monkey.
