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Short summary description of objects observed:

∞ (airconditioner): smooth, moves on its own, reacts to outside force, highly organized, has texture

∆ (trees): reacts to outside force, tall, cylindrical, green and brown, creates sound, pointy, rough texture, organized

Ο (rock): no movement, hard texture, homogenous, fairly organized, big, does not react to outside force

* (buil (stump): short, a part of the ground, old, malleable, weak

X (spider): moves on its own, dark, small, organized, reacts to outside force

Ω (shrubs/bush): reacts to outside force, extensions, big, thin, long

 

Next, we defined (based on our own definitions) five categories which we thought would help categorize the objects we observed. We used "size," (measured in comparison to us) "texture," (soft or hard to our touch) "shade," (based on greyscale-dark=brown/grey) "organization," (if the object shows some form of pattern or has multiple parts) "movement" (whether it responses to our force).

Ω : responsive, complex, light, soft, big

X : responsive, complex, dark, soft, small

π : responsive, simple, dark, soft, small

= : non-responsive, complex, light, soft, big

* : non-responsive, simple, light, hard, big

Ο: non-responsive, simple, dark, hard, big

∆: responsive, complex, dark, hard, big

∞: non-responsive, complex, dark, hard, bigding): organized, spaced evenly (seems to be artificial), large, hard texture, no reaction to outside force,

= (ground): flat surface, somewhat lumpy, soft, doesn't react to outside force, has a variety of objects on it

π (stump): short, a part of the ground, old, malleable, weak

X (spider): moves on its own, dark, small, organized, reacts to outside force

Ω (shrubs/bush): reacts to outside force, extensions, big, thin, long

 

Next, we defined (based on our own definitions) five categories which we thought would help categorize the objects we observed. We used "size," (measured in comparison to us) "texture," (soft or hard to our touch) "shade," (based on greyscale-dark=brown/grey) "organization," (if the object shows some form of pattern or has multiple parts) "movement" (whether it responses to our force).

Ω : responsive, complex, light, soft, big

X : responsive, complex, dark, soft, small

π : responsive, simple, dark, soft, small

= : non-responsive, complex, light, soft, big

* : non-responsive, simple, light, hard, big

Ο: non-responsive, simple, dark, hard, big

∆: responsive, complex, dark, hard, big

∞: non-responsive, complex, dark, hard, big

In conclusion, we found that only one object belonged to a set of categories. We encountered several problems as we were categorizing the objects we observed, which mainly involved the fact that we had to use human societal assumptions.