In making judgments about category membership, participants

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Research has shown that participants are able to make a distinction between typicality and actual category membership. While typicality does play a role in judgments about category membership, other factors such as context and prior knowledge can also influence these judgments. Additionally, prototype theory suggests that category membership is based on a combination of similarity to the prototype and overall resemblance to the category as a whole, rather than solely on typicality.

In Making Judgments About Category Membership, Participants