Subtypes of basic categories
A) replace the group-level stereotype.
B) are the rule rather than the exception.
C) are developed only when dramatic evidence exists that refutes the group stereotype.
D) are a special category perceivers create for exceptions to the group stereotype.

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Subtypes are a special category that perceivers create for exceptions to the group stereotype, rather than replacing the group-level stereotype. While they may be developed in response to evidence that opposes the group stereotype, they are not limited to such situations and are not the rule but rather the exception.

Subtypes of Basic Categories