Creating a More Natural Multidimensional Category

Zivot, Matthew

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Creating a More Natural Multidimensional Category

dc.contributor.advisor	Andrew L. Cohen
dc.contributor.author	Zivot, Matthew
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Psychology
dc.date	2023-09-22T19:44:58.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T20:53:36Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T20:53:36Z
dc.date.issued	2009-01-01
dc.date.submitted	2009-February
dc.description.abstract	Three experiments examined category creation with no feedback and minimal feedback by using modeling to determine number of dimensions subjects attended to. In the first experiment, subjects were shown a series of two-dimensional objects with no training and no feedback and asked to categorize the stimuli. Subjects in experiment 1 mostly attended to one dimension. In the second experiment, subjects shown similar two-dimensional stimuli but were given minimal feedback. Significantly more subjects in experiment 2 attended to both dimensions. In the third experiment, subjects were trained on three related two-dimensional categories and then asked to categorize four. Performance in experiment 3 was similar to that of experiment 1, where subjects mainly attended to 1 dimension. These findings indicate that a more natural feedback structure would help subjects create categories that resemble those used in everyday life.
dc.description.degree	Master of Science (M.S.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/682873
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/46015
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1294&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	Category Construction
dc.subject	Modeling
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.title	Creating a More Natural Multidimensional Category
dc.type	open
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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