The Empirical Case for Role-Governed Categories

Autor/inn/en	Goldwater, Micah B.; Markman, Arthur B.; Stilwell, C. Hunt
Titel	The Empirical Case for Role-Governed Categories
Quelle	In: Cognition, 118 (2011) 3, S.359-376 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2010.10.009
Schlagwörter	Classification; Experiments; Prediction; Theories; Relationship; Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Erprobung; Vorhersage; Theory; Theorie; Wechselbeziehung; Rollen
Abstract	Most theories of categorization posit feature-based representations. Markman and Stilwell (2001) argued that many natural categories name roles in relational systems and therefore they are role-governed categories. There is little extant empirical evidence to support the existence of role-governed categories. Three experiments examine predictions for ways that role-governed categories should differ from feature-based categories. Experiment 1 shows that our knowledge of role-governed categories, in contrast to feature-based categories, is largely about properties extrinsic to category members. Experiment 2 shows that role-governed categories have more prominent ideals than feature-based categories. Experiment 3 demonstrates that novel role-governed categories are licensed by the instantiation of novel relational structures. We then discuss broader implications for the study of categories and concepts. (Contains 5 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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