| Description |
1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Series |
Psychology Revivals Series |
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Psychology Revivals Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Structure -- 1 Ethnobiological Classification -- The Domain of Plants and Animals in Folk Biological Classification -- Taxa of Life-Form Rank -- Taxa of Generic Rank -- Taxa of Specific and Varietal Rank -- Taxa of Intermediate Rank: Covert Categories -- Conclusions -- 2 Principles of Categorization -- The Principles -- The Vertical Dimension of Categories: Basic-Level Objects |
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The Horizontal Dimension: Internal Structure of Categories: Prototypes -- Two Problematical Issues -- The Role of Objects in Events -- Summary -- 3 Linguistic Expression of Category Levels in a Visual-Gestural Language: A Flower Is a Flower Is a Flower -- A Brief Introduction to American Sign Language -- Signs for Superordinate-, Basic-, and Subordinate-Level Categories -- Summary -- Part II: Process -- Similarity -- Stimulus Attributes -- Separable and Integral Attributes -- Dimensions Versus Features -- Learning -- 4 Studies of Similarity -- Similarity Versus Difference |
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Directionality and Asymmetry -- Context Effects -- Discussion -- 5 Aspects of a Stimulus: Features, Dimensions, and Configurations -- Abstract -- Aspects of a Stimulus: Features, Dimensions, and Configurations -- Attributes: Features or Dimensions -- Wholistic Properties: Simple Wholes, Templates, or Configurations -- Component and Wholistic Properties as Aspects -- Conclusion -- 6 From Perceived Similarity to Dimensional Structure: A New Hypothesis About Perspective Development -- Some Direct Tests of the Separability Hypothesis: Speeded Sorting -- Free Classification -- General Discussion |
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7 Nonanalytic Concept Formation and Memory for Instances -- The Referent Phenomenon: Artificial Grammar Experiments -- Nonanalytic Mechanism: A Simplified Example -- Natural Concept-Learning Situations: Multiple-Task Control -- Final Comments -- Part III: Representation -- 8 Imagery and Internal Representation -- A Research Strategy -- Phase I: Basic Operating Characteristics -- Phase II: Developing an Explicit Model -- Further Developments -- Concluding Remarks -- 9 Fundamental Aspects of Cognitive Representation -- Representational Metatheory -- Cognitive Representation -- Conclusion |
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10 Practical and Lexical Knowledge -- The Knowledge Problem -- Identifying Instances -- Form and Function -- True and Possible -- The Knowledge Problem Again -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Originally published in 1978, the papers in this book derive from a 1976 meeting sponsored by the Social Science Research Council to discuss the nature and principles of category formation. It is organized in three sections: real-world categories, the cognitive processes underlying categorization, and the nature of representation |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lloyd, Barbara B
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| ISBN |
9781003827528 |
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1003827527 |
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