%A Liu Zhiya,Mo Lei %T Classification and Inference in Category Learning %0 Journal Article %D 2004 %J Advances in Psychological Science %R %P 774-783 %V 12 %N 5 %U {https://journal.psych.ac.cn/xlkxjz/CN/abstract/article_1255.shtml} %8 2004-09-15 %X The paper introduces two means of category learning, classification and inference learning, in terms of the learning condition, information process and final memory. Classification is a kind of inductive inference and its learners are highly sensitivity to diagnostic features between categories and possibility to learn exemplar, whereas inference learning is a deductive process and its learners are focus on within-category information and possibility to learn prototype. Different types of category learning lead to different category representations. Research on two kinds of category learning is consistent with the interpretation-base view of categorization and these results are reviewed.