| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 317 pages) : illustrations. |
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Decade of behavior 2000-2010 |
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Decade of behavior.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book presents the state of knowledge in the study of categorization. As the subtitle indicates, the essays were written to honor Douglas L. Medin of Northwestern University, who has had a long and distinguished career in the field of cognitive psychology, especially in the area of categorization. The purpose of the book is to explore the methodologies and theoretical perspective that Medin developed to bridge the gap between naturally created and laboratory-induced concepts. The body of the book is divided into four parts. Part I presents five chapters that explore the relationship between culture and our conceptualization of the world and inferences that people make on the basis of such conceptualization. Part II exemplifies a recent move in categorization research by examining psychologically different kinds of categories. Part III highlights the importance of interactions with category members in shaping the ways in which category information is conceptualized. Part IV covers the relations between concepts and theories. The two chapters in this section both illustrate how powerfully the theories or knowledge that people have about the world influence categorization"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Contents |
Douglas L. Medin, his life, and his intellectual heritage / Woo-kyoung Ahn ... [et al.] -- "We are all flowering" : a cultural account of the naming of plants among the Tzotzil Maya / Norbert Ross -- Expressing causation in English and other languages / Phillip Wolff ... [et al.] -- Why is the concept of "living thing" so elusive? : concepts, languages, and the development of folkbiology / Sandra Waxman -- Knowledge and category-based induction / John Coley ... [et al.] -- Defending diversity / Evan Heit, Ulrike Hahn, and Aidan Feeney -- On different types of categories / Edward J. Wisniewski, Emily J. Clancy, and Richard N. Tillman -- Individuals and their concepts / Sergey Blok, George Newman, and Lance J. Rips -- Relational categories / Dedre Gentner and Kenneth J. Kurtz -- The study of concepts inside and outside the laboratory : Medin versus Medin / Gregory L. Murphy -- Beyond classification learning / Brian H. Ross, Seth Chin-Parker, and Michael Diaz -- What are categories and why are they coherent? / Arthur B. Markman -- Modeling learning under the influence of culture / Bradley C. Love and Todd M. Gureckis -- Multimodal simulation in conceptual processing / Lawrence W. Barsalou ... [et al.] -- The effect of causal theories on mental disorder diagnosis / Woo-kyoung Ahn and Nancy S. Kim -- The cradle of categorization : supporting fragile internal knowledge through commerce with culture and the world / Frank C. Keil. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Categorization (Psychology)
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Medin, Douglas L.
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Cognition -- classification -- Festschrift.
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Concept Formation -- physiology -- Festschrift.
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Judgment -- Festschrift.
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Knowledge -- Festschrift.
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| Added Author |
Medin, Douglas L.
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Ahn, Woo-Kyoung.
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| Note |
Available from some providers with title: PsycBOOKS |
| Other Form: |
Original (DLC) 2004027013 |
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