Answer three of these four questions below (one page each). You will want to rely on the assigned readings. When making your points, you will want to point to specific findings in the papers. Do not quote long passages from the papers. The length recommendations are based on double spaced, 12 point, times font with standard margins.

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What are the key commonalities and differences between Osherson and Sloman's accounts of inductive inference? What different predictions do the two accounts make?

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Do Johansen and Palmeri's studies support a two system view of category learning? Please go beyond their discussion and bring aspects of their data analysis into your answer.

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How do the two systems proposed by Sloman compare to those proposed by Ashby and Ell? Do you think Ashby and Ell provide a neurological theory of Sloman's psychological distinction?

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What makes a single system model, like Nosofsky and Zaki's exemplar account, able to explain data used to support a multiple systems view of category learning? What aspects of such an explanation do you find satisfying/dissatisfying?