Represents the number of individual items that the category classifies. 

Indicate the chance that the generalization will be used to classify a given item. 


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Generalization of information depends on the unconscious recognition of similarities in a series of information. 


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The order in which information is presented can have an impact on an individual's way of analyzing and categorizing information. 


Information Order and Categorization


Elio, R., Anderson, J.R. The effects of information order and learning mode on schema abstraction. Memory & Cognition 12, 20–30 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196994

The effects of information order and learning mode on schema abstraction. 

The variance of information samples is determined by how much difference and similarities the samples share with one another. 


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