Note on Categorization and Concepts
From lecture notes from Science of Behavior
Configuration
The relative configuration of a single elements
Example: Face
What defines a face?
- Components
- Essential feature
- Configural property
- Relative
Invariance to many change in Stimuli
- Shading, light condition, hair style ……
Prey capture behaviors
What is Concept
- Pointer to knowledge
- Explain behavior and sensory stimuli, makes them less suprising
- Help predict the behavior of novel object