Psychological Development and Education ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 61-67.

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A Comparative Study of Different Types of Category Learning

LIU Feng-ying1,2, LI Hong1, ZHANG Qing-lin1, YAO Zhi-gang3   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. School of Education Science, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000;
    3. School of Boda, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000
  • Online:2008-10-15 Published:2008-10-15

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Abstract: This study was intended to investigate the effects of category learning types on category representation.55 Subjects were divided into two groups randomly and were asked to learn two categories through classification learning and inference learning respectively,then,subjects of two groups were told to rate typicality for the new test items.The results suggested that the classification learners rated the typicality merely by the diagnostic level of the test items and the inference learners rated the typicality mainly by the typical level of the test items.Therefore,diagnostic information played important role in classification learners'category representation,while typical information played important role in inference learners'category representation,that is,different category learning types resulted in different category representation.

Key words: category learning, category representation, diagnostic information, typical information

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  • G442
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