Studies of concept usage have shown all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A)people judge different members of a category to vary in "goodness"
B)subjects are more likely to list typical instances than atypical instances when asked to list instances of a concept
C)highly typical instances of a category lead to better semantic priming than atypical instances
D)there is high agreement between subjects on judgments such as "Do BOOKENDS belong to the category FURNITURE?"

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Studies of concept usage indeed show that people judge different members of a category to vary in "goodness" (A), are more likely to list typical instances than atypical instances when asked to list instances of a concept (B), and that highly typical instances of a category lead to better semantic priming than atypical instances (C). However, there is often not high agreement between subjects on borderline category judgments, such as whether "BOOKENDS belong to the category FURNITURE?" (D), indicating that this statement is the exception.

Studies of Concept Usage Have Shown All of the Following