Ad hoc categories

By Lawrence W. Barsalou. 1983

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What can the brain teach us about building artificial intelligence? (2016, neutral): “nctions that these models support (A. B. Markman & Ross, 2003; Solomon, Medin, & Lynch, 1999). Beyond classication, concepts support prediction (Murphy & Ross, 1994; Rips, 1975), action (Barsalou, 1983), communication (A. B. Markman & Makin, 1998), imagination (Jern & Kemp, 2013;”
Argument Structure in Usage-Based Construction Grammar: Experimental and corpus-based perspectives (2015, background): “Indeed, it might be argued that the generalizations that subjects made in the context of the experiment were “ad hoc” categories (Barsalou, 1983) that result from conscious reasoning about how the meaning of different sentences relate.”
Organizational network perceptions versus reality: A small world after all? ☆ (2008, background): “Such ideal members are perceived to exemplify the salient attributes associated with the group, and to be closer to other members of the group than less prototypical members (Barsalou, 1983; cf. Labianca, Moon, & Watt, 2005).”
The career of metaphor. (2005, background): “If, however, the category is not well established, then it must be abstracted online, much as people may create literal ad hoc categories to achieve certain goals (Barsalou, 1983, 1987).”
Achieving Rigor in Qualitative Analysis: The Role of Active Categorization in Theory Building (2020, unknown): “Categorization theory suggests that how humans make sense of the world depends on their prior understanding and initial goals (Barsalou, 1983; Durand & Paolella, 2013; Murphy & Medin, 1985).”
Categorization theory and research in consumer psychology: category representation and category-based inference (2008, background): “Barsalou (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989) argued that individuals actively construct cognitive repre sentations toward achieving goals.”
Perceptual and Conceptual Processes in Infancy (2000, background): “…holistically not only on the basis of overall similarity of appearance or on the basis of conceptual kind, but also on individual properties such as color or shape (Bruner, Goodnow, & Austin, 1956), location (Mandler, Fivush, & Reznick, 1987), and even on ad hoc, arbitrary bases (Barsalou, 1983).”
Conversational Common Ground and Memory Processes in Language Production (2005, background): “Instead, many types of communities appear to be constructed as ad hoc categories (Barsalou, 1983).”