I could write an essay on this — on how the contrasting of exemplar vs prototype theories (two competing theories in category learning for humans) can help shed light on what might be going on with stereotypes in a general social setting and why levels of analysis matter.
Of course, but I actually just thought of #ACAB instead. I guess Ⓐ ⚑...
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WTF are you talking about?
Ahhh! I think I gotcha! Pigs... these are telling Ⓐ ⚑...
Bofia, pasma, los grises, picoletos, cachacos, .... - End of conversation
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Also I always think levels of analysis matter. They are the only way to understand a complex system (society, brains, etc.) and situating the discussion on a level or levels is paramount for scientific understanding/progress.
But! I know what you're asking! Exemplar theory (models built based on it) tends to give a better account of the data in many categorisation tasks though.


