PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Confirmation Bias, Language Disorder, Language Acquisition
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Concepts and categories: concept: mental representation of an object, event, or idea, categories: clusters of interrelated concepts. We form these groups using a process called categorization. Classical categories: definitions and rules: categorization difficult to define > involves elements of perception, memory and. Shows that some members of a category are recognized faster than others. Prototypes: categorization by comparison: prototypes: mental representations of an average category member. Advantage: help explain why some category members make better. Networks and hierarchies examples than others: semantic network: interconnected set of nodes (or concepts) and the links that join them to form a category. Links: connect them together to represent the structure of a category as well as the relationships among different categories. Priming: hierarchy: consists of a structure moving from general to very specific. Basic-level category: most frequently used level, located in the middle row of the diagram.
