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Hampton, James A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Two experiments tested a set of predictions regarding category definitions and categorization latencies. Neither prediction was supported by the experiment results, leading to the formulation of an alternative feature-based model of category definitions using the notion of a polymorphous concept. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Definitions, Experimental Psychology, Memory
