Family Resemblances

Rosch, E., & Mervis, C. B. (1975). Family Resemblances: Studies in the Internal Structure of Categories. Cognitive Psychology, 0285(75), 573-605.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1975

DOI

10.1016/0010-0285(75)90024-9

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(75)90024-9

Cited from

cognitive_science

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Primes

• Prototype Theory
  • The originating case — the category bird as studied in Rosch's basic-level experiments — instantiates the signature cleanly and shows why the center-with-gradient model is the right one.

    This sourceShows category membership organized by weighted family-resemblance features rather than necessary-and-sufficient conditions.

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