Three experiments examined how children's domain knowledge and observation of exemplars interact during concept acquisition and how exposure to novel exemplars causes revision of such knowledge. In ...

The study of language development in children reveals that linguistic exposure is not merely about vocabulary growth but is integral to the formation of generic concepts—broad, abstract categories ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper I shall compare two models of concept formation, both inspired by basic convictions of philosophical empiricism. The first, the ...