6) A) Logical categories are appealing because of its four logical rules that people can use to determine relevant attributes. Although complexity varies by the rules used, conjunction is the simplest rule people can use to identify objects and concepts. It helps create rules to distinguish whether it belongs in a certain category or not.
B) Logical categories would work best when one is trying to distinguish between venomous and non-venomous snakes when camping. A conjunction rule would be broad head and a rattle tail, it’s venomous. A disjunction rule would be broad head or a rattle, it’s venomous. For conditional it could be if swims on water, then broad head, it’s venomous.
A) Natural categories are appealing because they are related to the categorization tasks people encounter in the real world. It has 3 properties that help group together objects into categories, without requiring all items to have one common attribute. …show more content…
It can go from a house cat, to a bob cat, to a cougar, and so forth. Natural categories also work for typicality when one is thinking about jobs. An office worker, such as accounting, would be seen more typical as a job than a circus trainer.
A) Fuzzy categories are appealing because they help determine to what extent an item goes into a category. There are fuzzy boundaries between categories, and it's hard to tell if an object can be a member. Fuzzy categories allow graded membership, which helps escape some paradoxes and handle hard categories. It allows us to say a tiger can be a cat .05 and a house cat a
B) Logical categories would work best when one is trying to distinguish between venomous and non-venomous snakes when camping. A conjunction rule would be broad head and a rattle tail, it’s venomous. A disjunction rule would be broad head or a rattle, it’s venomous. For conditional it could be if swims on water, then broad head, it’s venomous.
A) Natural categories are appealing because they are related to the categorization tasks people encounter in the real world. It has 3 properties that help group together objects into categories, without requiring all items to have one common attribute. …show more content…
It can go from a house cat, to a bob cat, to a cougar, and so forth. Natural categories also work for typicality when one is thinking about jobs. An office worker, such as accounting, would be seen more typical as a job than a circus trainer.
A) Fuzzy categories are appealing because they help determine to what extent an item goes into a category. There are fuzzy boundaries between categories, and it's hard to tell if an object can be a member. Fuzzy categories allow graded membership, which helps escape some paradoxes and handle hard categories. It allows us to say a tiger can be a cat .05 and a house cat a