Browsing by Subject "categorization"
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(2010-04-26)Department: PsychologyWhat is the consequence of calling objects by their names? Lupyan (2008) suggests that overtly naming objects at the basic-level impairs subsequent recognition memory because naming shifts the memory representation towards ...
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(2008-09-05)Department: PsychologyIn this study, preschool children were shown one of three kinds of robots that differed in their similarity to a living thing. We then asked preschool children about the psychological, biological, and mechanical properties ...
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(2011-06-08)Department: PsychologyThis dissertation explored a puzzle in visual object categorization: you usually spot the dog fastest; but in a glance, you spot the animal faster. The basic-level advantage (e.g., categorizing dog faster than animal or ...
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(2022-04-21)Department: ReligionChristian worship creates a formative space which takes shape through the participation of individuals and shapes individuals in return. This dissertation builds a model based on George Herbert Mead’s developmental theory ...