Prototypicality: meaning, definitions and examples

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prototypicality

 

[ ˌprəʊtəʊˈtʌɪpɪkəlɪti ]

Noun
Context #1 | Noun

psychology

The degree to which an example represents the most typical member of a category. Prototypicality is based on how closely an example matches the characteristics associated with a particular category.

Synonyms

exemplariness, typicality

Examples of usage

  • Prototypicality is an important concept in cognitive psychology.
  • In a study on animal categorization, researchers found that dogs and cats are considered more prototypical pets than snakes or lizards.

Translations

Translations of the word "prototypicality" in other languages:

🇵🇹 prototipicidade

🇮🇳 प्रारूपता

🇩🇪 Prototypikalität

🇮🇩 prototipikalitas

🇺🇦 прототипічність

🇵🇱 prototypowość

🇯🇵 プロトタイプ性

🇫🇷 prototypicité

🇪🇸 prototipicidad

🇹🇷 prototipiklik

🇰🇷 전형성

🇸🇦 نموذجية

🇨🇿 prototypičnost

🇸🇰 prototypickosť

🇨🇳 原型性

🇸🇮 prototipičnost

🇮🇸 frumgerðarlíki

🇰🇿 прототиптік

🇬🇪 პროტოტიპულობა

🇦🇿 prototipiklik

🇲🇽 prototipicidad

Etymology

The term 'prototypicality' originated in the field of cognitive psychology in the 1970s. It was developed to describe the concept of how people categorize objects based on their typicality within a category. The idea of prototypicality has since been applied in various fields such as linguistics, artificial intelligence, and philosophy to understand how concepts are represented in the mind.