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Category Generalization

Category Generalization is a theoretical construct in cognitive development that specifies the process by which individuals extend learned categorical knowledge to novel instances, distinguished by its focus on the criteria and mechanisms underlying the transfer of category-based judgments beyond originally learned exemplars.

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507

Cognitive representations of semantic categories.

Eleanor Rosch · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1975 · 4.5K citations

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A neuropsychological theory of multiple systems in category learning.

F. Gregory Ashby, Leola A. Alfonso-Reese, And U. Turken et al. · Psychological Review · 1998 · 1.2K citations

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Category-based induction.

Daniel N. Osherson, Edward E. Smith, Ormond Wilkie et al. · Psychological Review · 1990 · 906 citations

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Object name Learning Provides On-the-Job Training for Attention

Linda B. Smith, Susan S. Jones, Barbara Landau et al. · Psychological Science · 2002 · 641 citations

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Rules and exemplars in category learning.

Michael A. Erickson, John K. Kruschke · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1998 · 560 citations

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Authors

922

  1. SA
    Susan A. Gelman

    University of Michigan, United States

    25 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. RM
    Robert M. Nosofsky

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. LB
    Linda B. Smith

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. DH
    Donald Homa

    Arizona State University, United States

    10 publications · 892 citations

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  5. AC
    Andrei Cimpian

    New York University, United States

    10 publications · 399 citations

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Institutions

351

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    20 h-index

    38 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    16 h-index

    24 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    13 h-index

    32 publications

    2.6K citations

  7. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    2.3K citations

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  2. Child Development

    33 publications · 4K citations

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  3. Memory & Cognition

    23 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Cognitive Science

    18 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Psychological Science

    15 publications · 1.9K citations

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