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Dec 13, 2025
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PSY 7350 - Concept Learning and Categorization
An in depth discussion on the nature of concepts, concept learning, and categorization behavior in humans and non-human animals. The prominent paradigms on the nature of concepts (e.g., concepts as rules, exemplars, prototypes, boundaries, and structures) will be discussed in detail in light of key empirical findings in the human and non-human animal categorization literature. The major competing models, such as the context model, GCM, ALCOVE, MPM, CIM, and MINC will be compared and contrasted in the context of other cognitive facilities such as attention, similarity assessment, discrimination, perception, and memory.
Requisites: PSY 6310
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Cite, describe, and explain the key empirical results that have served as evidence for each of the five major representational paradigms of concepts.
- Compare and contrast the five basic paradigms of concept representation.
- Describe and explain each of the following models: CM, GCM, MPM, MINC, and CIM.
- Differentiate between concepts and categories and between classification behavior and concept learning behavior.
- Infer links between concept learning and higher level cognitive processes such as problem solving, reasoning, and decision making; cite empirical evidence in support of these inferences.
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