Participants know that penguins are not typical birds,but they are certain that penguins are birds.This indicates that judgments about category membership

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This is because participants recognize that penguins have characteristics that are not typical of birds (e.g. they cannot fly), but still consider them to be part of the bird category. Therefore, judgments about category membership are not settled entirely by an assessment of typicality.

Participants Know That Penguins Are Not Typical Birds,but They Are