Knowledge Organisation in Psychology

What are concepts?

What are categories?

What are the differences between them?

How do you know you have understood a concept?

How do we Categorise?

• through definitions

• through prototypes

• through exemplars

What is the limitation of using the definition approach?

• Definitions cannot include all members of a category

• Definitions are always accurate

• Definitions are too broad

What does the prototype approach involve?

• Determining similarity to a prototype

• Using definitions

• Comparing to exemplars

What is the basic level in Rosch's approach?

• The most general level

• The level where most information is lost

• The level where little information is gained

How does culture affect categorisation?

What is the theory of spreading activation?