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Which of the following statements is a problem for the classical view of categorization?
a) People can agree on a set of features that define "grandfathers."
b) People don't find it unusual if asked to rate how "birdy" a bat is.
c) People can give typicality ratings to well-defined categories....
Which of the following statements is a problem for the classical view of categorization?
a) People can agree on a set of features that define "grandfathers."
b) People don't find it unusual if asked to rate how "birdy" a bat is.
c) People can give typicality ratings to well-defined categories.
d) People are pretty good at categorizing even unusual category members. - correct answer
People don't find it unusual if asked to rate how "birdy" a bat is.
Which of the following reaction time data sets illustrates the typicality effect for the bird category, given
the following three trials?
Trial 1: A pumpkin is a fruit.
Trial 2: A boysenberry is a fruit.
Trial 3: An apple is a fruit.
(NOTE: Read the options as reaction times for Trial 1: Trial 2: Trial 3.)
a) 583: 518: 653 ms
b) 518: 583: 653 ms
c) 583: 653: 518 ms
d) 653: 583: 518 ms - correct answer 583: 653: 518 ms
The ______ proposes that concepts consist of separate representations of experienced examples of the
category.
a) prototype theory
b) exemplar theory
c) categorical approach
d) classical approach - correct answer exemplar theory
, Superordinate concepts are ______, while subordinate concepts are ______.
a) informative but not distinctive; distinctive and informative
b) distinctive but not informative; informative but not distinctive
c) distinctive and informative; neither distinctive nor informative
d) neither distinctive nor informative; distinctive and informative - correct answer
distinctive but not informative; informative but not distinctive
Which term below is most closely associated with semantic networks?
a) distributed processing
b) spreading activation
c) prototype formation
d) family resemblance - correct answer spreading activation
Which principle is illustrated by the observation that most people are able to recognize a variety of
examples of chairs even though no single category member may have all of the characteristic properties
of "chairs" (e.g., most chairs have four legs but not all do)?
a) family resemblance
b) prototypicality
c) spreading activation
d) semantic relatedness - correct answer family resemblance
Not all of the members of everyday categories have the same features. Most birds have feathers, have
wings, and can fly. Penguins can't fly, but they are still categorized as birds. This poses a problem for the
______approach to categorization.
a) classical
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