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Kim, ShinWoo; Murphy, Gregory L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
Barsalou (1985) argued that exemplars that serve category goals become more typical category members. Although this claim has received support, we investigated (a) whether categories have a single ideal, as negatively valenced categories (e.g., cigarette) often have conflicting goals, and (b) whether ideal items are in fact typical, as they often…
Descriptors: Classification, Investigations, Evaluation Methods, Experiments
Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Gonder, Jennifer, Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
The document is a summary of the conference proceedings for the 23rd Annual Farmingdale State College Teaching of Psychology Conference held on March 20-21, 2009 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, New York. The conference featured a keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey Nevid on Reaching and teaching the millennials: Helping today's students become…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Instruction, College Students, Age Groups