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ERIC Number: EJ143955
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Basic Objects in Natural Categories
Rosch, Eleanor; And Others
Cognitive Psychology, 8, 3, 382-439, Jul 76
Results show that basic objects are shown to be the most inclusive categories for which a concrete image of the category as a whole can be formed, to be the first categorizations made during perception of the environment and to be the categories most codable, most coded, and most necessary in language. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Nouns, Psychomotor Skills, Symbolic Language, Visual Stimuli
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