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Exemplar theory

Exemplar theory is a proposal concerning the way humans categorize objects and ideas in psychology. It argues that individuals make category judgments by comparing new stimuli with instances already stored in memory. The instance stored in memory is the "exemplar". The new stimulus is assigned to a category based on the greatest number of similarities it…

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Rule-basedLearning processAvailability heuristic
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CategorizePsychologyStimuliMemoryConcept learning
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Avg. degree1.88
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related to Exemplar and prototype theory · 15
Exemplar theory → All, Another, Conceptual Categorization System, DUAL PECCS, Dual Prototypes, Exemplar-based, Exemplars, Here, However, On, Prototype, Recently, The, They, While
related to Exemplar frequency and recency · 5
Exemplar theory → As, Continuing, It, Priming, Stimuli
related to Typicality and exemplars · 4
Exemplar theory → For, Fruits, Typical, Typicality
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Exemplar theory → proposal concerning the way humans categorize objects and ideas in psychology

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exemplar category exemplars theory categorization new prototype memory example typicality stimulus encountered accurate examples stored frequency prototypes theories typical individual

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Exemplar theoryis aproposal concerning the way humans categorize objects and ideas in psychology0.90text
starfruit or figs might appear on the list but would require a more extensive search through memoryinstance ofFruits0.80text
Exemplar theoryrelated to Exemplar and prototype theoryRecently0.60section
Exemplar theoryrelated to Exemplar and prototype theoryDUAL PECCS0.60section
Exemplar theoryrelated to Exemplar and prototype theoryDual Prototypes0.60section
Exemplar theoryrelated to Exemplar and prototype theoryExemplars0.60section
Exemplar theoryrelated to Exemplar and prototype theoryConceptual Categorization System0.60section
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Exemplar theoryrelated to Exemplar and prototype theoryHowever0.60section
Exemplar theoryrelated to Exemplar and prototype theoryPrototype0.60section
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