MEDIA RESOURCES
Back propagation, 258
Basic level, 248
Categorization, 240
Category, 240
Category-specifi c knowledge
impairment, 262
Cognitive economy, 250
Concept, 240
Connection weight, 255
Connectionism, 255
Connectionist network, 255
Defi nitional approach to
categorization, 241
Error signal, 258
Exemplar, 246
Exemplar approach to
categorization, 246
Familiarization/novelty preference
procedure, 263
Family resemblance, 242
Global (superordinate) level, 248
Graceful degradation, 259
Hidden units, 255
Hierarchical model, 250
Hierarchical organization, 247
High prototypicality, 243
Input units, 255
Lexical decision task, 252Low prototypicality, 243
Output units, 255
Parallel distributed processing
(PDP), 255
Prototype, 243
Prototype approach to
categorization, 243
Prototypicality, 243
Semantic network approach, 250
Sentence verifi cation technique, 244
Specifi c (subordinate) level, 248
Spreading activation, 251
Typicality effect, 244
Units, 255Key TERMS
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Primary Labs
Prototypes A method for studying the effect of concepts on
responding (p. 243).Lexical decision Demonstration of the lexical decision task,
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