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Passanisi, Alessia; Pace, Ugo; Kabir, Khalida T.; Hampton, James A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Minority characteristic generic statements such as "ducks lay eggs" are judged to be generally true of the class, despite being true of a minority of cases, such as healthy female ducks of egg-laying age. Five studies explored the factors responsible for the acceptance of minority generic statements about biological kinds. Studies 1 and…
Descriptors: Animals, Gender Differences, Birth, Biology