The impact of categorization task demands on the development of verbal and perceptual knowledge

当学习将一组实例与给定类别相关联时(例如，了解到德国牧羊犬、金毛猎犬和吉娃娃是狗)，人们获得的知识随后可以转移到新的实例和情况中。同时，人们也会对他们所分类的事物形成心理表征。这项研究的目标是扩大我们对语言和知觉知识发展的理解，因为它在分类过程中展开。

When learning to associate a set of instances to a given category (for example, learning that German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, and Chihuahuas are dogs), people acquire knowledge that can then be transferred to novel instances and situations. Simultaneously, people also develop mental representations of the things that they categorize. The goal of this program of research will be to extend our understanding of the development of verbal and perceptual knowledge as it unfolds during the categorization process.