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Describe the Prototype Approach to Categorization

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Describe the prototype approach to categorization.Define prototype and give examples for the category of "clothing." Mention items that are high and low on prototypicality in the clothing category.Finally,describe the experiments that Rosch and her colleagues did to demonstrate the connections between prototypicality and behavior.


Definitions:

Fallacy

A mistaken belief or error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid.

Subjectivist Fallacy

A logical error where one asserts that something is true or good merely because it is true or good for someone, ignoring any objective standards.

Contradiction

A relation between two or more statements that have opposite truth values for every assignment of truth values to their atomic components.

Subjectivism

The philosophical stance that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by individual perception and experience.

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