The Exemplar Approach

According to Wisniewski for each concept, we first learn a few specific examples called an exemplar. We then classify each new stimulus based on how closely it resembles the specific examples.
• For example for the concept pet, I think of dog, cat, and bird. Each of these items are my exemplars for the my concept of pet.


Reference
Matlin, M.W. (2005), Cognition (6th ed.) Wiley and Sons