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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Prototype Theory''' β A mode of "Graded Categorization" where some members of a category are "More Central" than others. * '''The Prototype''' β The "Best Example" of a category (e.g., 'Robin' for 'Bird,' 'Apple' for 'Fruit'). * '''Category Boundaries''' β The "Edges" where it's "Unclear" if something belongs (e.g., 'Is a Tomato a fruit or a vegetable?'). * '''Typicality Effect''' β The fact that people "Identify" and "Remember" prototypes "Faster" than "Non-prototypes" (e.g., you say 'Yes' faster to 'A Robin is a bird' than to 'A Penguin is a bird'). * '''Family Resemblance''' (Wittgenstein) β The idea that members of a category "Share traits" (like a family) but don't have one single "Required" trait. * '''Basic-Level Category''' β The "Golden Middle" of naming: 'Dog' (Basic) vs. 'Animal' (Superordinate) vs. 'Golden Retriever' (Subordinate). This is where humans do most of their thinking. * '''Fuzzy Sets''' β A mathematical way to describe "Degrees of Truth" (e.g., 'He is 80% bald'). * '''Exemplar Theory''' β A rival theory: the idea that we "Remember every bird we've ever seen" rather than making a "Single Average Prototype." * '''Attribute''' β A "Feature" of a prototype (e.g., 'Can Fly,' 'Sings,' 'Is Small'). * '''Eleanor Rosch''' β The psychologist who "Overturned" the "Classical View" of categories that had existed since Aristotle. </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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