Prototype
What would be the best example or prototype of a bird?
What would be the least prototypical example of a bird?
Cognitive psychology
Eleanor Rosch
If an item shares at least some central features with the category prototype, we consider it as an example of this category.
Examplers
What would be the prototype of a piece of furniture?
When asked to name a few examples, the more prototypical items came up more frequently.
The study of mental processes; such as, attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking.
Born in 1938, specialized in cognitive psychology, and known for her work on categorization, the prototype theory.
The best example of a category. The one that has the most features of that category. It can be graded according to tipycality.
