WWU Cognition Exam 2 – Seifert
correctly answered already passed
conceptual knowledge - correct answer ✔✔-enables us to recognize objects and events to make
inferences about their properties
-this knowledge exists in the form of concepts
concept - correct answer ✔✔answer to the question "what is a _______?"
categories - correct answer ✔✔all possible examples of a particular concept
definitional approach to categorization - correct answer ✔✔decide whether something is a
member of a category by determining whether a particular object meets the definition of the
category
-definitions don't always work
family resemblance - correct answer ✔✔when items have a large amount of overlap with
characteristics of other items in the category
prototype approach to categorization - correct answer ✔✔membership in a category is
determined by comparing the object to a prototype that represents the category
prototype - correct answer ✔✔-typical member of a category
-based on an average of members in category
-not an actual member of category
, rosch - correct answer ✔✔participants judge objects on a scale of 1 (good example) to 7 (bad
example)
sentence verification technique (edward smith & coworkers) - correct answer ✔✔subjects
presented with a statement, "yes" if statement is true, "no" if it isn't
-showed typicality effect
typicality effect - correct answer ✔✔subjects respond "yes" for objects that are higher in
prototypicality
rosch priming experiment (1975b) - correct answer ✔✔-hearing "green" primes a highly
prototypical "green"
-reaction time for reporting colors are "same" if colors are good example of that color
exemplar approach to processing - correct answer ✔✔-good examples of something in a
category
-explains typicality effect (objects more like exemplars are classified faster)
prototypes vs exemplars - correct answer ✔✔-exemplar uses real examples
-exemplars more easily takes into account atypical cases
-exemplar can more easily deal with variable categories like games
exemplars are better for ______ categories, prototypes are better for ______ categories -
correct answer ✔✔small, large
hierarchical organization - correct answer ✔✔creating a number of levels of categories
-global, basic, specific
correctly answered already passed
conceptual knowledge - correct answer ✔✔-enables us to recognize objects and events to make
inferences about their properties
-this knowledge exists in the form of concepts
concept - correct answer ✔✔answer to the question "what is a _______?"
categories - correct answer ✔✔all possible examples of a particular concept
definitional approach to categorization - correct answer ✔✔decide whether something is a
member of a category by determining whether a particular object meets the definition of the
category
-definitions don't always work
family resemblance - correct answer ✔✔when items have a large amount of overlap with
characteristics of other items in the category
prototype approach to categorization - correct answer ✔✔membership in a category is
determined by comparing the object to a prototype that represents the category
prototype - correct answer ✔✔-typical member of a category
-based on an average of members in category
-not an actual member of category
, rosch - correct answer ✔✔participants judge objects on a scale of 1 (good example) to 7 (bad
example)
sentence verification technique (edward smith & coworkers) - correct answer ✔✔subjects
presented with a statement, "yes" if statement is true, "no" if it isn't
-showed typicality effect
typicality effect - correct answer ✔✔subjects respond "yes" for objects that are higher in
prototypicality
rosch priming experiment (1975b) - correct answer ✔✔-hearing "green" primes a highly
prototypical "green"
-reaction time for reporting colors are "same" if colors are good example of that color
exemplar approach to processing - correct answer ✔✔-good examples of something in a
category
-explains typicality effect (objects more like exemplars are classified faster)
prototypes vs exemplars - correct answer ✔✔-exemplar uses real examples
-exemplars more easily takes into account atypical cases
-exemplar can more easily deal with variable categories like games
exemplars are better for ______ categories, prototypes are better for ______ categories -
correct answer ✔✔small, large
hierarchical organization - correct answer ✔✔creating a number of levels of categories
-global, basic, specific
