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Download full textMurphy, Gregory L.; Smith, Edward E. – 1982
Previous studies have found that an object can be categorized faster at a basic level (hammer) than at either a subordinate (club hammer) or a superordinate level (tool). While some attribute this result to basic categories having more distinctive attributes, other factors might cause this result. For example, basic categories routinely have…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories
