PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Semantic Network, Linguistic Relativity
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8. 1 the organization of knowledge: a concept is the mental representation of an object, event, or idea, there are very few independent concepts. You do not have just one concept for chair, table, or sofa. Each of these concepts can be divided into smaller groups with more precise labels such as arm chair or coffee table. I(cid:374) (cid:373)ost (cid:272)ases, su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts al(cid:373)ost al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er (cid:862)(cid:455)es(cid:863) faster to sparrow than to penguin. While both are equally good fits for the definition, this occurs because sparrows are somehow more bird-like than penguins. This shows that some members of a category are recognized faster than others. Prototypes: categorization by comparison: prototypes are mental representations of an average category member. For example, given a robin, a sparrow, and a blue jay, your prototypical bird would look something like a mixture or the average of all three.
