Psychology: Ch. 8, Part 1_Mental Representation
*Exemplar Model
Info stored about the members of a category is used to determine category membership.
*Cognition
Mental activity such as thinking or representing info.
*Defining Attribute Model
The idea that a concept is characterized by a list of features that are necessary to determine if an object is a member of the category.
*Concept
A mental representation that groups/categorizes objects, events, or relations around common themes
*Analogical Representation
A mental representation that has some of the physical characteristics of an object (i.e. picture of a violin).
*Symbolic Representation
An abstract mental representation that does not correspond to the physical features of an object or idea (i.e. the word "violin").
*Prototype Model
Within each category, some members are more representative than others.