According to the web module, what evidence is there to counter the prototype theory and why is it significant evidence?
A)
A recent exemplar affected categorization ability but, according to prototype theory, should have merely been incorporated into the prototype and left performance unaffected.
B)
When asked to identify whether a robin and penguin were birds, subjects took longer to identify the penguin as a bird compared to the robins because of the dissimilarity between a penguin and their internal prototype.
C)
When asked to identify whether a robin and penguin were birds, subjects took longer to identify the robin as a bird compared to the penguin because of the dissimilarity between a robin and their internal prototype.
D)
A recent exemplar did not affect categorization ability because, according to prototype theory, it should have merely been incorporated into the prototype and left performance unaffected.
Answer: A