Kelley Cog Psych EXP3604C - Exam 3 -
Study Questions correctly answered to
pass
According to Wittgenstein,
a) we have no real general concept for each category we know but instead learn each category
member individually.
b) we assess category membership probabilistically, by family resemblance.
c) we can find rigid features that define a category but only after intensive study.
d) we first encounter the prototypical member of a category, and then we compare all other
potential members to it. - correct answer ✔✔Correct answer: b
Feedback: Wittgenstein developed the idea of family resemblance.
Which of the following claims is TRUE?
a) Reliance on prototypes is likely to emerge gradually as a participant's experience with a
category grows.
b) People are likely to rely strongly on prototypes early in their exposure to a particular
category.
c) People only rely on prototypes when they have time to make a decision.
d) With exposure to many instances of a particular category, it becomes easier to remember
each particular instance, which contributes to the emergence of a prototype - correct answer
✔✔Correct answer: a
Feedback: Prototypes require exemplars, and hence they emerge gradually.
In a production task, the _____ category members that a person mentions are the category
members that produce the slowest reaction times in a sentence verification task.
a) first
, b) last
c) loudest
d) slowest - correct answer ✔✔Correct answer: b
Feedback: The first members are usually the prototypes, and hence those most tightly linked to
a category. The last members will be more loosely linked, and hence will be last.
The idea that we categorize objects based on their similarity to previously stored instances is
known as
a) geometric theory.
b) prototype theory.
c) feature theory.
d) exemplar theory. - correct answer ✔✔Correct answer: d
Feedback: Exemplars are instances of an item. The idea is that we store these examples in our
memory.
How are concepts represented mentally? - correct answer ✔✔classical view, probabilistic view
(prototype and exemplar), and theory-based view
What do typicality ratings predict? - correct answer ✔✔-speed of deciding example if member
of category (apple-fruit?)
-instance generation (name all the fruits you can think of; typical instances said before atypical)
-children learn typical instances before atypical ones
T or F: The classical view of concepts and categories is right - correct answer ✔✔Answer: FALSE!
Feedback: if classical view were true, all exemplars should be equal
Rosch and Mervis's categorization task is demonstrating which view?
A. Classical
Study Questions correctly answered to
pass
According to Wittgenstein,
a) we have no real general concept for each category we know but instead learn each category
member individually.
b) we assess category membership probabilistically, by family resemblance.
c) we can find rigid features that define a category but only after intensive study.
d) we first encounter the prototypical member of a category, and then we compare all other
potential members to it. - correct answer ✔✔Correct answer: b
Feedback: Wittgenstein developed the idea of family resemblance.
Which of the following claims is TRUE?
a) Reliance on prototypes is likely to emerge gradually as a participant's experience with a
category grows.
b) People are likely to rely strongly on prototypes early in their exposure to a particular
category.
c) People only rely on prototypes when they have time to make a decision.
d) With exposure to many instances of a particular category, it becomes easier to remember
each particular instance, which contributes to the emergence of a prototype - correct answer
✔✔Correct answer: a
Feedback: Prototypes require exemplars, and hence they emerge gradually.
In a production task, the _____ category members that a person mentions are the category
members that produce the slowest reaction times in a sentence verification task.
a) first
, b) last
c) loudest
d) slowest - correct answer ✔✔Correct answer: b
Feedback: The first members are usually the prototypes, and hence those most tightly linked to
a category. The last members will be more loosely linked, and hence will be last.
The idea that we categorize objects based on their similarity to previously stored instances is
known as
a) geometric theory.
b) prototype theory.
c) feature theory.
d) exemplar theory. - correct answer ✔✔Correct answer: d
Feedback: Exemplars are instances of an item. The idea is that we store these examples in our
memory.
How are concepts represented mentally? - correct answer ✔✔classical view, probabilistic view
(prototype and exemplar), and theory-based view
What do typicality ratings predict? - correct answer ✔✔-speed of deciding example if member
of category (apple-fruit?)
-instance generation (name all the fruits you can think of; typical instances said before atypical)
-children learn typical instances before atypical ones
T or F: The classical view of concepts and categories is right - correct answer ✔✔Answer: FALSE!
Feedback: if classical view were true, all exemplars should be equal
Rosch and Mervis's categorization task is demonstrating which view?
A. Classical
