PSY270H1 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 reading
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Bird e g . s p ar r ow s , ro bi n s , bl u e j ay s. Statements about prototypical objects are verified rapidly o. Smith et al questions about an object"s category. : used procedure called sentence verification technique to determine how fast people could answer given statements, say yes if agree, no if not. Responded faster for objects high in prototypicality: typicality effect ability to judge highly prototypical objects rapidly. Prototypical objects are named first: mervis et al. : named objects high in prototypicality first when asked to list a category. Prototypical objects are affected more by priming o: rosch. Priming: presentation of one stimulus facilitates response to another usually followed closely in time nonprototypical members. : demonstrated that prototypical members of a category are affected by a priming stimulus more than.
