相似性与解释的类别学习研究新进展

类别学习是一项非常重要的认知活动。通过类别学习，人们能够在一定程度上推知某一事物的未知特征，并作出预测。因而类别研究一直是现代心理学研究的重点和热点。回顾类别研究的历程，可把分类研究划分为两个领域：一是从相似性的角度探讨类别学习的心理机制；一是从解释的角度概括类别活动的研究成果，提出类别的理论依据和模型。这两种观点都有一些实验证据的支持，但也都存在一些不足。因此，近年来，研究者又提出一些新的分类理论与模型。

Progress in research on category learning based on similarity and interpretation

Category learning is a very important cognitive activity.People are able to conjecture the unknown characteristics of things and make predictions to certain extent through category learning.So category study has always been a focus in modern psychology.Historically category research can be divided into two fields.First,study of psychological mechanisms of category learning from the point of similarity;furthermore,generalize the research results of category activities from the point of interpretation,proposing the theoretical basis and models of category.There are some experimental evidence for both of the viewpoints while there exist some shortcomings in them.Therefore,some new theories and models of classification have been developed in recent years.