Category Abstraction Learning

Models that explain how humans learn and abstract categories from examples.

How does the framework work
Focuses on the process of forming general concepts from specific instances.
Publication
Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P. W., Karney, B. R., Reis, H. T., & Sprecher, S. (2012). Online Dating. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 13(1), 3–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612436522
DOI
10.1177/1529100612436522

Models that use this framework

CAL Model

Frameworks: Category Abstraction Learning, Categorization Model, Reinforcement Learning, Network Models
Disciplines: Cognitive Psychology
Programming language: R
CAL model (Category Abstraction Learning), a cognitive framework formally describing category learning built on similarity-based generalization, dissimilarity-based abstraction, two attention learning mechanisms, error-driven knowledge structuring, and stimulus memorization.