Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind Chapter 9
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Family resemblance - (correct Answer) - The core features that category members share; a given
member of the category may have some but not necessarily all of these features
Prototype theory - (correct Answer) - A theory in which concepts are formed around average or typical
values
Graded membership - (correct Answer) - The idea that some members of a category are "better"
members and therefore are more firmly in the category than other members.
Sentence verification task - (correct Answer) - A task in which subjects must respond true or false to
simple sentences. Used to show the concept of graded membership.
Production task - (correct Answer) - A task in which subjects are asked to list as many, for example, birds
or dogs as they can. Shows graded membership as they name the obvious ones first.
Rating tasks - (correct Answer) - A task in which research participants must evaluate some item with
reference to the prototype.
Basic level categorization - (correct Answer) - A level of categorization hypothesized as the "natural" and
most informative level, neither too specific nor too general.
Exemplar based reasoning - (correct Answer) - Reasoning that draws on knowledge about specific
category members, rather than drawing on more-general information about the overall category (the
prototype).
Typicality - (correct Answer) - The degree to which a particular object or situation or event is typical for
its kind
Anomia - (correct Answer) - A pattern in which people lose the ability to name certain objects in certain
catgories. Shows that different brain areas process different categories.
Propositions - (correct Answer) - The smallest units of knowledge that can be either true or false
Local representations - (correct Answer) - Concept that each node represents one idea, so that when
that node is activated, you're thinking about that idea, and when you're thinking about that idea, that
node is activated
Connectionist networks - (correct Answer) - An approach to theorizing about the mind that relies on
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Family resemblance - (correct Answer) - The core features that category members share; a given
member of the category may have some but not necessarily all of these features
Prototype theory - (correct Answer) - A theory in which concepts are formed around average or typical
values
Graded membership - (correct Answer) - The idea that some members of a category are "better"
members and therefore are more firmly in the category than other members.
Sentence verification task - (correct Answer) - A task in which subjects must respond true or false to
simple sentences. Used to show the concept of graded membership.
Production task - (correct Answer) - A task in which subjects are asked to list as many, for example, birds
or dogs as they can. Shows graded membership as they name the obvious ones first.
Rating tasks - (correct Answer) - A task in which research participants must evaluate some item with
reference to the prototype.
Basic level categorization - (correct Answer) - A level of categorization hypothesized as the "natural" and
most informative level, neither too specific nor too general.
Exemplar based reasoning - (correct Answer) - Reasoning that draws on knowledge about specific
category members, rather than drawing on more-general information about the overall category (the
prototype).
Typicality - (correct Answer) - The degree to which a particular object or situation or event is typical for
its kind
Anomia - (correct Answer) - A pattern in which people lose the ability to name certain objects in certain
catgories. Shows that different brain areas process different categories.
Propositions - (correct Answer) - The smallest units of knowledge that can be either true or false
Local representations - (correct Answer) - Concept that each node represents one idea, so that when
that node is activated, you're thinking about that idea, and when you're thinking about that idea, that
node is activated
Connectionist networks - (correct Answer) - An approach to theorizing about the mind that relies on
