Cognition And Categorization

Author : Eleanor Rosch,Barbara B. Lloyd
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781003827528

Get Book

Cognition and Categorization by Eleanor Rosch,Barbara B. Lloyd Pdf

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 categories: folk biological taxonomies, within and between category structures for material objects, and some categories in a language that codes the world in a visual–gestural mode. All three chapters in Part I assume category processors who are able to perform at least three cognitive functions: They can judge similarity between stimuli; they can perceive and process the attributes of a stimulus; and they can learn. Part II presents analyses of these three cognitive functions. All discussion of psychological structures and processes lead eventually to the issue of representation, and Part III examines representational assumptions underlying the earlier discussions. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

Author : Eleanor Rosch,Barbara Bloom Lloyd
Publisher : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015054150290

Get Book

Cognition and Categorization by Eleanor Rosch,Barbara Bloom Lloyd Pdf

Author : Henri Cohen,Claire Lefebvre
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1277 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780128097663

Get Book

Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science by Henri Cohen,Claire Lefebvre Pdf

Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science, Second Edition presents the study of categories and the process of categorization as viewed through the lens of the founding disciplines of the cognitive sciences, and how the study of categorization has long been at the core of each of these disciplines. The literature on categorization reveals there is a plethora of definitions, theories, models and methods to apprehend this central object of study. The contributions in this handbook reflect this diversity. For example, the notion of category is not uniform across these contributions, and there are multiple definitions of the notion of concept. Furthermore, the study of category and categorization is approached differently within each discipline. For some authors, the categories themselves constitute the object of study, whereas for others, it is the process of categorization, and for others still, it is the technical manipulation of large chunks of information. Finally, yet another contrast has to do with the biological versus artificial nature of agents or categorizers. Defines notions of category and categorization Discusses the nature of categories: discrete, vague, or other Explores the modality effects on categories Bridges the category divide - calling attention to the bridges that have already been built, and avenues for further cross-fertilization between disciplines

Author : Graeme S. Halford,William H. Wilson,Glenda Andrews
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262028073

Get Book

Categorizing Cognition by Graeme S. Halford,William H. Wilson,Glenda Andrews Pdf

A proposal for a categorization of cognition based on core properties of the constituent processes that integrates theory and empirical findings across domains. All sciences need ways to classify the phenomena they investigate; chemistry has the periodic table and biology a taxonomic system for classifying life forms. These classification schemes depend on conceptual coherence, demonstrated correspondences across paradigms. This conceptual coherence has proved elusive in psychology, although recent advances have brought the field to the point at which it is possible to define the type of classificatory system needed. This book proposes a categorization of cognition based on core properties of constituent processes, recognizing correspondences between cognitive processes with similar underlying structure but different surface properties. These correspondences are verified mathematically and shown not to be merely coincidental. The proposed formulation leads to general principles that transcend domains and paradigms and facilitate the interpretation of empirical findings. It covers human and nonhuman cognition and human cognition in all age ranges. Just as the periodic table classifies elements and not compounds, this system classifies relatively basic versions of cognitive tasks but allows for complexity. The book shows that a more integrated, coherent account of cognition would have many benefits. It would reduce the conceptual fragmentation of psychology; offer defined criteria by which to categorize new empirical results; and lead to fruitful hypotheses for the acquisition of higher cognition.

Author : Adam Głaz,Marnie L. Moist
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443852586

Get Book

Vantage Theory by Adam Głaz,Marnie L. Moist Pdf

The book is concerned with Vantage Theory (VT), a model of categorization proposed by the American linguist, anthropologist, and cognitive scientist, Robert E. MacLaury (1944–2004). It consists of three of his previously unpublished studies and five chapters by other authors. Vantage Theory views categorization as a process of vantage (point of view) construction by analogy to the way humans orient themselves in space-time. Originating in the domain of color, the theory was extended to cover other aspects of cognition and language. The chapters authored by MacLaury introduce the model, discuss the details of the analogy between space-time and categorization, and present four case studies. The remaining chapters present an overview of the existing literature on VT, locate the model against the broader background of psychological and cognitive research, and propose its application to novel data.

Author : Koen Lamberts,David Shanks
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135064419

Get Book

Knowledge Concepts and Categories by Koen Lamberts,David Shanks Pdf

Knowledge, Concepts and Categories brings together an overview of recent research on concepts and knowledge that abstracts across a variety of specific fields of cognitive psychology. Readers will find data from many different areas: developmental psychology, formal modelling, neuropsychology, connectionism, philosophy, and so on. The book can be divided into three parts. Chapters 1 to 5 each contain a thorough and systematic review of a significant aspect of research on concepts and categories. Chapters 6 to 9 are concerned primarily with issues related to the taxonomy of human knowledge. Finally, Chapters 10 to 12 discuss formal models of categorization and function learning. The purpose of these three chapters is to provide a few examples of current formal modelling of conceptual behaviour. Knowledge, Concepts and Categories will be welcomed by students and researchers in cognitive psychology and related areas as an unusually wide-ranging and authoritative review of an important subfield of psychology.

Author : Emmanuel M. Pothos,Andy J. Wills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521140722

Get Book

Formal Approaches in Categorization by Emmanuel M. Pothos,Andy J. Wills Pdf

The process of constructing concepts underpins our capacity to encode information in an efficient and competent manner and also, ultimately, our ability to think in terms of abstract ideas such as justice, love and happiness. But what are the mechanisms which correspond to psychological categorization processes? This book unites many prominent approaches in modelling categorization. Each chapter focuses on a particular formal approach to categorization, presented by the proponent(s) or advocate(s) of that approach, and the authors consider the relation of this approach to other models and the ultimate objectives in their research programmes. The volume evaluates progress that has been made in the field and potential future developments. This is an essential companion to any scientist interested in the formal description of categorization and, more generally, in formal approaches to cognition. It will be the definitive guide to formal approaches in categorization research for years to come.

Author : Michel Aurnague,Maya Hickmann,Laure Vieu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027223742

Get Book

The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition by Michel Aurnague,Maya Hickmann,Laure Vieu Pdf

Despite a growing interest for space in language, most research has focused on spatial markers specifying the static or dynamic relationships among entities (verbs, prepositions, postpositions, case markings ). Little attention has been paid to the very properties of spatial entities, their status in linguistic descriptions, and their implications for spatial cognition and its development in children. This topic is at the center of this book, that opens a new field by sketching some major theoretical and methodological directions for future research on spatial entities. Brought together linguistic descriptions of spatial systems, formal accounts of linguistic data, and experimental findings from psycholinguistic studies, all couched within a wide cross-linguistic perspective. Such an interdisciplinary approach provides a rich overview of the many questions that remain unanswered in relation to spatial entities, while also throwing a new light on previous research focusing on related topics concerning space and/or the relation between language and cognition.

Author : Emmanuel M. Pothos,Andy J. Wills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139493970

Get Book

Formal Approaches in Categorization by Emmanuel M. Pothos,Andy J. Wills Pdf

The process of constructing concepts underpins our capacity to encode information in an efficient and competent manner and also, ultimately, our ability to think in terms of abstract ideas such as justice, love and happiness. But what are the mechanisms which correspond to psychological categorization processes? This book unites many prominent approaches in modelling categorization. Each chapter focuses on a particular formal approach to categorization, presented by the proponent(s) or advocate(s) of that approach, and the authors consider the relation of this approach to other models and the ultimate objectives in their research programmes. The volume evaluates progress that has been made in the field and where it goes from here. This is an essential companion to any scientist interested in the formal description of categorization and, more generally, in formal approaches to cognition. It will be the definitive guide to formal approaches in categorization research for years to come.

Author : Ulric Neisser
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1989-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521378753

Get Book

Concepts and Conceptual Development by Ulric Neisser Pdf

Concepts and Conceptual Development draws together a wide range of theorists to consider many different aspects of 'the psychology of concepts'.

Author : William Kaye Estes
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195073355

Get Book

Classification and Cognition by William Kaye Estes Pdf

Based on the Fitts Lectures, this volume presents a core set of concepts and principles that proposes a unified interpretation of a wide variety of phenomena of memory, categorization and decision-making. These theories are then applied to issues in category-learning and recognition.

Author : Julian Hochberg
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780080538600

Get Book

Perception and Cognition at Century's End by Julian Hochberg Pdf

Perception and Cognition at Century's End contains cognitive psychology surveys that are up-to-date and historically based, as well as references to the development of cognitive psychology over the past century. The book can serve as a central or specialized text for a range of psychology courses. Written by prominent active researchers in the field Presents broad coverage of perception and cognition Considers perception and cognition in the context of the thought of the past half-century Contains extensive references; excellent resource

Author : Robert J. Glushko
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781491911716

Get Book

The Discipline of Organizing: Professional Edition by Robert J. Glushko Pdf

Note about this ebook: This ebook exploits many advanced capabilities with images, hypertext, and interactivity and is optimized for EPUB3-compliant book readers, especially Apple's iBooks and browser plugins. These features may not work on all ebook readers. We organize things. We organize information, information about things, and information about information. Organizing is a fundamental issue in many professional fields, but these fields have only limited agreement in how they approach problems of organizing and in what they seek as their solutions. The Discipline of Organizing synthesizes insights from library science, information science, computer science, cognitive science, systems analysis, business, and other disciplines to create an Organizing System for understanding organizing. This framework is robust and forward-looking, enabling effective sharing of insights and design patterns between disciplines that weren’t possible before. The Professional Edition includes new and revised content about the active resources of the "Internet of Things," and how the field of Information Architecture can be viewed as a subset of the discipline of organizing. You’ll find: 600 tagged endnotes that connect to one or more of the contributing disciplines Nearly 60 new pictures and illustrations Links to cross-references and external citations Interactive study guides to test on key points The Professional Edition is ideal for practitioners and as a primary or supplemental text for graduate courses on information organization, content and knowledge management, and digital collections. FOR INSTRUCTORS: Supplemental materials (lecture notes, assignments, exams, etc.) are available at http://disciplineoforganizing.org. FOR STUDENTS: Make sure this is the edition you want to buy. There's a newer one and maybe your instructor has adopted that one instead.

Author : Nick Riemer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521851923

Get Book

Introducing Semantics by Nick Riemer Pdf

An introduction to the study of meaning in language for undergraduate students.

Author : Ted Sanders,Eve Sweetser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110224412

Get Book

Causal Categories in Discourse and Cognition by Ted Sanders,Eve Sweetser Pdf

Review text: "With all these contributions, this collection definitely constitutes a high quality volume in this research area and is a valuable reference to anyone who is interested in discourse and cognition."Han-wei in: Discourse Studies 3/2011