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Inductive judgments about natural categories

Rips, Lance J.·1975·Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

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  • Representativeness had a potent effect on generalization; much greater generalization occurred when the initial instance was highly representative of the category as a whole.

    “The results showed that representativeness had a potent effect on generalization.Much greater generalization occurred when the initial instance was highly representative of the category as a whole.”
  • Studies on topics as diverse as inductive reasoning, social cognition, and lexical categories indicate that the function of representativeness or typicality is increased generalization-prototypes show increased generalization to other members of the category, relative to nonprototypes.

    “Thus, studies on topics as diverse as inductive reasoning, social cognition, and lexical categories indicate that the function of representativeness or typicality is increased generalization-prototypes show increased generalization to other members of the category, relative to nonprototypes.”
  • In experiments examining the semantic structure of inductive judgments about category members, typicality of the member strongly affects subjects' judgments.

    “For example, in experiments examining the semantic structure of inductive judgments about category members (Rips, 1975), subjects show that the typicality of the member strongly affects subjects' judgments.”

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Authors
Rips, L. J.
Affiliations
University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Rips, Lance J.
Venue
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1975-12
Volume
14
Issue
6
Pages
665-681
ISSN
0022-5371 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1976323611
Cited by
465
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 23
FWCI
4.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords
natural categories, semantic structure, category structure, typicality, generalization, category learning

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