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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of partial exemplar experience on category formation and use. Participants had either complete or limited access to the three dimensions that defined categories by dimensions within different modalities. The concept of "crucial dimension" was introduced and the role it plays in category definition was explained. It was hypothesized that the effects of partial experience are not explained by a shifting of attention between dimensions (Taylor & Ross, 2009) but rather by an increased reliance on prototypical values used to fill in missing information during incomplete experiences. Results indicated that participants (1) do not fill in missing information with prototypical values, (2) integrate information less efficiently between different modalities than within a single modality, and (3) have difficulty learning only when partial experience prevents access to diagnostic information.
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Title
- The effect of partial exemplar experience on ill-defined, multi-modal categories
Contributors
- Crawford, Thomas (Author)
- Homa, Donald (Thesis advisor)
- Mcbeath, Micheal (Committee member)
- Glenberg, Arthur (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2011
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thesisPartial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2011
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bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 43)
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Field of study: Psychology
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by Thomas Crawford