the prototype of “rabbit” must contain substantial and detailed information.

people sometimes use a broad set of beliefs to make inferences about categories.

people must have very specific knowledge about rabbit digestion.

people’s knowledge of categories is irrelevant to these issues.

It makes the formation of abstract categories possible.

It becomes unnecessary to compare previous examples to the current situation.

It ensures that categorization will be accurate.

It allows new categories to be learned more rapidly.

It has the same capacity to hold items as LTM.

It differs from LTM in how easily one can access the stored items.

It uses the same rehearsal mechanisms as LTM.

It has no discernible effect on functioning outside the laboratory.

prototypes; definition

exemplars; prototype

prototypes; family resemblance

definitions; family resemblance

identified quickly in a picture-identification task.

rarely mentioned in a production task.

appearing infrequently in the participants’ environment.

not likely to be identified as typical.

the contents of working memory depend on the content of one’s current thinking, but the contents of long-term memory do not.

long-term memory has a limited capacity, whereas working memory does not.

the contents of working memory tend to be in the form of visual images, whereas the contents of long-term memory are often verbal and symbolic.

damage to the brain can disrupt working memory, but long-term memory seems not to be similarly vulnerable.

each concept is connected to a specific location in the brain.

specialized information, stored across the brain, is integrated by tissue in the anterior temporal lobes (ATL).

some “thinking” about concepts happens outside the brain.

our concepts must include representations of perceptual properties and motor sequences.