PSYC 1200 Chapter 8: Unit 8: Thought and Language
3 Dec 2017
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If there are a few major distinctions between items, we use resemblance; if there are complications, we switch to rules. Indicates that speaker has expert level knowledge of the basic category; using more specific level is necessary to get her point across in the intended way. Categories and the brain: see an object, attempt to retrieve its name from memory; part of process of recognizing things around us. If people want to be more specific, they use combinations of terms like blue green or sky blue: ex. American students were more likely to take close up pictures whereas japanese students typically included surrounding objects: when asked which two objects go together, american students tend to group cows with chickens because both are animals. Japanese students coupled cows with grass because grass is what cows eat: cross-cultural differences result in different perceptions of how objects are related to their environments, ex.
