Referential Communication and Category Acquisition

Markman, A.B. and Makin, V.S., 1998. Referential communication and category acquisition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 127(4), p.331.

• the need to establish reference in communication also influences category coherence

  • This proposal was tested in 2 studies involving a
  • referential communication task
  • consistency was promoted between individuals by communication
  • which synchronized the category structures of different people

• Further, people were focused on the commonalities of objects and on the differences related to the commonalities by communication--a pattern that is compatible with what has been observed in existing categories.

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