Inherence is an aspect of psychological essentialism.
Inherence is not a distinct construct from psychological essentialism; it is one of several underlying beliefs. I propose that inherence is only one entry point to the perception of an essence and posit that context may influence which aspects of essentialist reasoning precede inferring an essence. I also discuss how psychological essentialism can uniquely account for violations of category-based expectancies.
Department of Psychology,University of Massachusetts,Amherst,MA 01002.tdennehy@psych.umass.eduhttp://people.umass.edu/tdennehy.
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D003071:Cognition; D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008128:Logic