Concept

To understand and communicate information about objects and events, there must be a common ground on which to do it. Concepts serve this purpose. A concept is a generally accepted collection of meanings or characteristics associated with certain events, objects, conditions, situations, and behaviors. Classifying and categorizing objects or events that have common characteristics beyond any single observation creates concepts. When you think of a spreadsheet or a warranty card, what comes to mind is not a single example but your collected memories of all spreadsheets and warranty cards, from which you abstract a set of specific and definable characteristics.

• Conceptual Classification (Dictionary Entry)

• Construct (Dictionary Entry)