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ad hoc categories: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

categories built on the spot to serve a goal, such as things to take on a picnic, whose members share little similarity yet show graded structure.

In cognitive psychology, ad hoc categories refers to categories built on the spot to serve a goal, such as things to take on a picnic, whose members share little similarity yet show graded structure. This meaning comes from Barsalou (1983) in Memory & Cognition.[1]

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References

Barsalou, L. W. (1983). Ad hoc categories. Memory & Cognition, 11(3), 211-227. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03196968

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