AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Concepts and categorization. Concepts are generalized ideas that represent a class of objects or events.

Detailed explanation-2: -A concept is an idea that represents a class of objects or events.

Detailed explanation-3: -A concept is a mental representation of a class (e.g., skunks, liberals), which includes what we know about such things. A category is the set of examples picked out by a concept. In the literature, these two terms are often used synonymously to refer to both the mental representation and any examples it picks out.

Detailed explanation-4: -The hierarchical model of concept classification includes three levels of concept: the most general is the superordinate concept, followed by the basic concept, and the most specific is the subordinate concept.

Detailed explanation-5: -Concepts can be based on real phenomena and are a generalized idea of something of meaning. Examples of concepts include common demographic measures: Income, Age, Eduction Level, Number of SIblings.