Week 8 - Concepts & Categories

[blank_start]Concepts[blank_end] are considered to be our internal representations, whereas [blank_start]categories[blank_end] are "out there" in the world.

Characteristics of natural categories include:

Ill-defined boundaries are known as "[blank_start]fuzzy sets[blank_end]".

When no single attribute is shared by all members of a category, but each member has at least one attribute in common with other members, it is known as:

The member of a category having the highest resemblance scores, is known as the:

[blank_start]Superordinate[blank_end]; e.g. furniture [blank_start]Subordinate[blank_end]; e.g. armchair [blank_start]Basic-level[blank_end]; e.g. chair