Advance in research on conceptual structure

Research on conceptual structure, as a central goal of cognitive psychology, are fascinating the myriads of cognitive scientists. Research on conceptual structure had a devious course, from early assumption (the classical approach) of conceptual defining properties based on artificial concept study in the laboratory to representing properties view (the probabilistic approach) based on natural concept study. The prototype view and the exemplar view, based on similarity theory, are two representative views of the probabilistic approach. Recently theory-based approach of concept structure emerged. In this article, based on review of research on conceptual structure, the integration research approach was put forward.IUPsy