1st Edition

Cognition and Categorization

Edited By Eleanor Rosch, Barbara B. Lloyd Copyright 1978
340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

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. Part I examines different structural aspects of real-world... Read more

Preface.  Introduction.  Part I: Structure  1. Ethnobiological Classification Brent Berlin  2. Principles of Categorization Eleanor Rosch  3. Linguistic Expression of Category Levels in a Visual-Gestural Language: A Flower Is a Flower Is a Flower Elissa L. Newport and Ursula Bellugi  Part II: Process  4. Studies of Similarity Amos Tversky and Itamar Gati  5. Aspects of a Stimulus: Features, Dimensions, and Configurations W. R. Garner  6. From Perceived Similarity to Dimensional Structure: A New Hypothesis About Perspective Development Bryan E. Shepp  7. Nonanalytic Concept Formation and Memory for Instances Lee Brooks  Part III: Representation  8. Imagery and Internal Representation Stephen Michael Kosslyn  9. Fundamental Aspects of Cognitive Representation Stephen E. Palmer  10. Practical and Lexical Knowledge George A. Miller.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

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Eleanor Rosch and Barbara B. Lloyd