Context Theory of Classification Learning.¶
Medin, D. L., & Schaffer, M. M. (1978). Context Theory of Classification Learning. Psychological Review, 85(3), 207-238.
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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.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Abstract reports the exemplar context theory beat prototype theories across four experiments, supporting 'better than prototype' but not the absolute 'without ever consolidating into a rule' clause.
“Across four experiments using both geometric forms and schematic faces as stimuli, the context theory consistently gave a better account of the data.”
- 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.
- Pattern Recognition
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