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Concept learning, also known as category learning and concept attainment, is largely based on the works of the cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner. Bruner, Goodnow, andamp; Austin (1967) defined concept attainment (or concept learning) as and#34;the search for and listing of attributes that can be used to distinguish exemplars from non exemplars of various categories.and#34; More simply put, concepts are the mental categories that help us classify objects, events, or ideas and each object, event, or idea has a set of common relevant features. Thus, concept learning is a strategy which requires a learner to compare and contrast groups or categories that contain concept-relevant features with groups or categories that do not contain concept-relevant features.

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Natalie Picchetti
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2011-04-18 10:51:41
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Concept learning, also known as category learning and concept attainment, is largely based on the works of the cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner. Bruner, Goodnow, andamp; Austin (1967) defined concept attainment (or concept learning) as and#34;the search for and listing of attributes that can be used to distinguish exemplars from non exemplars of various categories.and#34; More simply put, concepts are the mental categories that help us classify objects, events, or ideas and each object, event, or idea has a set of common relevant features. Thus, concept learning is a strategy which requires a learner to compare and contrast groups or categories that contain concept-relevant features with groups or categories that do not contain concept-relevant features.

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Concept learning, also known as category learning and concept attainment, is largely based on the works of the cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner. Bruner, Goodnow, andamp; Austin (1967) defined concept attainment (or concept learning) as and#34;the search for and listing of attributes that can be used to distinguish exemplars from non exemplars of various categories.and#34; More simply put, concepts are the mental categories that help us classify objects, events, or ideas and each object, event, or idea has a set of common relevant features. Thus, concept learning is a strategy which requires a learner to compare and contrast groups or categories that contain concept-relevant features with groups or categories that do not contain concept-relevant features.

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Concept learning
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