| Description |
1 online resource (555 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Bradford Bks.
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Bradford Bks.
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| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-545) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Typicality and the classical view of catagories -- Theories -- Exemplar effects and theories -- Miscellaneous learning topics -- Knowledge effects -- Taxonomic organization and the basic level of concepts -- Induction -- Concepts in infancy -- Conceptual development -- Word meaning -- Conceptual combination -- Anti-summary and conclusions. |
| Summary |
Concepts embody our knowledge of the kinds of things there are in the world. Tying our past experiences to our present interactions with the environment, they enable us to recognize and understand new objects and events. Concepts are also relevant to understanding domains such as social situations, personality types, and even artistic styles. Yet like other phenomenologically simple cognitive processes such as walking or understanding speech, concept formation and use are maddeningly complex. Research since the 1970s and the decline of the "classical view" of concepts have greatly illuminated the psychology of concepts. But persistent theoretical disputes have sometimes obscured this progress. The Big Book of Concepts goes beyond those disputes to reveal the advances that have been made, focusing on the major empirical discoveries. By reviewing and evaluating research on diverse topics such as category learning, word meaning, conceptual development in infants and children, and the basic level of categorization, the book develops a much broader range of criteria than is usual for evaluating theories of concepts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Concepts.
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Concepts. |
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Mental representation.
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Mental representation. |
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Concept Formation. |
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Mental Recall. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murphy, Gregory L. (Gregory Leo). Big book of concepts. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002 0262134098 (DLC) 2001058683 (OCoLC)48515797 |
| ISBN |
9780262280358 (electronic book) |
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0262280353 (electronic book) |
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0585445516 (electronic book) |
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9780585445519 (electronic book) |
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9780262134095 (electronic book) |
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0262134098 (electronic book) |
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