The summary of this knowledge is abstracted across different experiences. Exemplars will form if you have plenty of exposure to a category. There are also items that fit into a category better than others. We refer to these kind of items as typical, and the items that do not fit as well in a category are referred to as atypical (Murphy, 2017). According to Brooks et al, similarity to an exemplar can influence categorization. That is to say, items that share more similarities with an exemplar are more likely to be identified
The summary of this knowledge is abstracted across different experiences. Exemplars will form if you have plenty of exposure to a category. There are also items that fit into a category better than others. We refer to these kind of items as typical, and the items that do not fit as well in a category are referred to as atypical (Murphy, 2017). According to Brooks et al, similarity to an exemplar can influence categorization. That is to say, items that share more similarities with an exemplar are more likely to be identified