Context Theory of Classification Learning.

Medin, D. L., & Schaffer, M. M. (1978). Context Theory of Classification Learning. Psychological Review, 85(3), 207-238.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1978

DOI

10.1037/0033-295x.85.3.207

Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.85.3.207

Cited from

cognitive_science, psychology

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Exemplar Retrieval
  • In cognitive psychology, the origin, human categorisation often fits exemplar storage better than prototype abstraction: traces of specific encounters do classification work without ever consolidating into a rule.

    This sourceFounding statement of the exemplar (context) model of categorization, in which classification works by similarity to stored instances rather than by an abstracted prototype.

• Pattern Recognition
  • Pattern recognition is the higher-level categorical or structural match that assigns meaning. Not memory retrieval.

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