One study found that if participants were told a new fact about robins,they would also believe that the new fact was true of ducks.However,if told a new fact about ducks,participants would not extrapolate this information to robins.This suggests that

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This suggests that participants are more likely to generalize new information from a typical example (robins, in this case, being a more prototypical bird) to the entire category of birds, but are hesitant to do the same with information from a less typical example (ducks). This indicates that the typicality of the category member influences how new information is applied across the category.

One Study Found That If Participants Were Told a New