Explanation and Structure-mapping in Theory-based Categorization
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According to the theory-based approach to categorization, explanatory knowledge plays a critical role in supporting categorization decisions. This paper presents and tests a version of this view—the Explanation-Mapping hypothesis—that integrates explanation with a model of the structure-sensitive comparison processes that may underlie theory-based categorization decisions. Two experiments test the hypothesis that processes underlying analogy—specifically, structural alignment—also underlie explanation-based categorization decisions.
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