PSYCH 322 1st Edition Lecture 20Outline of Last Lecture I.Language II.Imagery Outline of Current LectureIII.Conceptual KnowledgeIV.ConceptV.CategorizationVI.DemoCurrent LectureI.Conceptual Knowledge- knowledge that helps us recognize and understand objects and events that exist in the form on conceptsII.Concept- meaning of objects, events, or abstract ideas. Mental representations ofa class or individuals that are organized as categories. Example: the concept of love or dating.a.Network model-how neurons and nodes connect information.III.Categorization- process by which things are places in categories. The activity of putting something novel or unexpected in the world together and trying to explain it. Example: if you see a burning couch and you are in Lexington, you may have the past knowledge of knowing that this is nothing threatening and that Kentucky fans do this when they celebrate.Example: you are at a friend’s house and you see a bowl full of yellow, red, and green circles, you know this is fruit andnotice they are apples, something that you can eat. You categorize this as a food until you touch it and notice they are plastic and not know it’s in a new category of decorations. Example: a picture of a woman with her hands up standing next to a police officer with an ambulance in the background. If you were to drive by this scene, you could assume she is being arrested. When you see more if the picture you notice a young man and now thing she is probably winning something. This lady was running the road city 5K in Louisville, more and more information come into your understandings and it can affect your assumptions. Example: 3 zoomed in unknown pictures: it could be a fruit, fungus, fish in the sea, etc. context matters: how might knowing what the context of these images help you? is it poisonous, dangerous, harmless or edible?These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a.Definitional approach to explaining categories doesn’t work. If you ask someone to list some birds, something like penguins and bats aren’t something typical people mention.b.Prototype theoryc.Exemplar notionIV.Demo- a procedure modeled after Roscha.Rate the extent to which each word or member of the category represents a FRUIT on a 7 point scale. 1 being a very good example and 7 being a very bad example. Definition of Fruit: the sweet and fleshy product of a tree of other plant that contains seeds.b.Words: apricot, avocado, cherry, coconut, fig, grape, kiwi, lime, lychee, mango,papaya, watermelon and applec.Participants found that prototypical examples of fruits would be rated as 1, less common fruits receive higher rated number’s.d.Another category done in this study was to rate furniture: sofa, chair, mirror, telephonei.Furniture definition: something you sit on, place something on or
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