What is a prototype theory?
Teotype theory is a cognitive science theory developed by Eleanor Rosch at the beginning of the 70s, with the help of other cognitive psychology experts. In Rosch's theory, people categorize items and concepts based on prototype or the ideal representation of this category. For example, the concept of the dog is often characterized by fur, tail and paws. When discussing dogs or thinking about dogs people think of classic, stereotypical examples such as collisions or Spanish, because these represent a prototype. While a wolf or coyote may also meet the dog's criteria, these animals are not prototypical in the dog.
According to the prototype theory, some features of the category have the same condition, and therefore examples that represent all or most of these functions become a prototype for this category. Items that do not share most of these functions may still belong to this category, but do not represent the prototype. Consider a category like furniture. Others' performance belongs to the furniture, upholstery, posseSabling, storage capacity, legs and arms.
chairs can be prototype for some individuals because these furniture items have most common furniture elements. On the other hand, the footstool must not serve as a prototype, because although it has some common furniture functions, it does not have most of these functions. How each person uses the theory of prototypes to categorize concepts and language depending on experience and cognitive development, although many individuals share similar categorization.
Primarily prototype theory deals with how individuals categorize and stereotypes of certain items in the language. Such understanding helps psychologists to understand and study vocabulary, individual mental lexicon and language skills in individuals. The learning environment, such as elementary schools, benefits from such research and understanding in the development of the curriculum for students. UnderstandingO, as the mind categorizes and classifies information, and how this process is influenced by cognitive development, culture and experience in timely learning, help students gain vocabulary and develop more advanced language skills.
As part of the prototype theory, experts believe that the first experience of a person with a particular stimulus later defines the prototype associated with this category of stimuli. Because experience is gained and the person is more exposed to a specific category, the prototype develops in the central representation of this category. To put it simply, the first experience of a child with a bird can be Robin, so the prototype of the baby for birds becomes Robin. Through the experience and exposure to other birds, its prototype comes to represent creatures with feathers, beaks and the ability to fly and can start in the include more birds like Bluejays, Eagles and Robins. Ostrich or penguin can still be categorized as a bird, but because these species do not fly, they are not a representative example when a child initially mLuvis about birds.