Proximity to central tendency and usefulness in attaining goals as predictors of prototypicality for behaviour‐descriptive categories
作者:
Peter Borkenau,
期刊:
European Journal of Personality
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 1
页码: 71-78
ISSN:0890-2070
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1002/per.2410050106
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThis study investigated determinants of the internal structure of categories of directed behaviours. For the categoriesSport, Gardening, Craft, Making music, andHousekeeping, proximity to the category's central tendency and usefulness in accomplishing category‐specific goals were compared as predictors of prototypicality ratings. In a preliminary study, subjects suggested activities and goals for the five categories. In the main study, subjects estimated the prototypicality of these activities for the categories, their usefulness in attaining the category‐specific goals, and the similarity of the activities among each other. Family resemblance scores were derived from the latter ratings. It was found that family resemblance and usefulness in attaining category‐specific goals were about equally useful in predicting the actual prototypicality ra
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