COGNITIVE CATEGORIZATION OF VERBAL AND NONVERBAL STIMULI METHOD

Abstract

Building on the authors’ previous research and reflections on cognitive categorization and the perception of verbal stimuli, this work presents an experimental study of evaluative categorization [Ostrovskaya I.V., 2006]. The research shares description of prerequisites, development, and testing of a method designed for cognitive research [Ostrovskaya I.V., 2023]. This method for studying the evaluative categorization of verbal and visual stimuli can be applied in experiments on perception, as well as in cognitive linguistic and psychological studies. The working title of the method is defined by the leading author as “Cognitive-Categorical Modeling Method by I.V. Ostrovskaya (Cognitive Evaluative Categorization Method by I.V. Ostrovskaya).” The data obtained from the cognitive-evaluative categorization of the perception of complex verbal stimuli, based on self-identified scales (criteria), allows for identification of both general and specific criteria, followed by the subsequent ranking of stimuli. The ability to formalize the criteria used for evaluative categorization itself, as well as the number of criteria that can be brought into conscious awareness, supports the validity and effectiveness of the proposed method.