Rosch's categories

Rosch's categories refer to how we organize knowledge about different concepts in our minds. She proposed that we classify items into three levels: superordinate (broad categories, like "fruit"), basic (more specific, like "apple"), and subordinate (very detailed, like "Granny Smith apple"). The basic level is where we usually think and communicate because it's specific enough to convey meaning but broad enough to encompass many examples. Understanding these categories helps us see how we naturally group and understand different things in our world, impacting how we think and learn.