Evan Heit
Department of Psychology
University of Warwick
Abstract
A classic feature-set model of similarity, the contrast model of Tversky
(1977), is applied to a range of phenomena in category-based induction.
These phenomena include basic similarity effects, typicality and asymmetry
effects, diversity effects, effects of projectibility of properties, and
contextual influences on similarity. These analyses help to extend the
contrast model to a new area of research as well as to place constraints on
the model itself.