Concept Acquisition and the Perception of Meaning.

Bengston, John K.; Cohen, Stuart J.

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Concept Acquisition and the Perception of Meaning.

Bengston, John K.; Cohen, Stuart J.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v4 n4 p348-65 Oct 1979

The assumptions underlying the classfication rule-learning description of concept acquisition are critically examined. An alternative characterization of what it means to have a primacy hypothesis and Gibson's position that knowledge of the world is a product of direct perception are discusssed. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Learning Experience, Learning Theories, Linguistics, Literature Reviews, Pattern Recognition, Perception, Semantics

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