Cognitive Psychology 3rd Edition by Robert Hershberger, Goldstein,Bruce Goldstein

Exercise 2

Do a survey to determine people's conception of "typical" members of various categories. For example, ask several people to name, as quickly as possible, three typical "birds" or "vehicles" or "beverages." What do the results of this survey tell you about what level is "basic" for different people? What do the results tell you about the variability of different people's conception of categories?