Psychology data from a natural concept study schedule project: Dataset

Subjects (<em>N</em> = 100) studied a series of 6 natural exemplars (birds) belonging to 12 different categories (families). Birds were presented either: (1) blocked by category, (2) intermixed, (3) first blocked, then intermixed, or (4) first intermixed, then blocked. Following study, subjects judged the likelihood that they would be able to classify new birds belonging to studied families. Last, subjects were asked to classify 6 new birds belonging to studied families. The data were collected in the laboratory and are stored using Figshare in an Excel file. The data can inform future investigations of the way that individuals learn natural categories.