typicality effect

the finding that people are quicker to make category judgments about typical members of a category than they are to make such judgments about atypical members. For example, they are more quickly able to judge that a dog is a mammal than they are able to judge that a whale is a mammal.

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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

PI

1. abbreviation for prescribing information. See labeling.

2. abbreviation for proactive interference.

3. abbreviation for progressive interval. See progressive-interval schedule.