Which of the following is the best example of a limitation of the prototype theory of categorization?
A)
Some evidence suggests that the prototype theory can only explain the categorization of relatively complex objects.
B)
When categorizing new information, frequent category members are categorized more quickly than atypical ones.
C)
An experiment conducted by Rips (1973) found that the reaction time to respond that a penguin is a bird was longer than the reaction time to respond that a robin is a bird.
D)
It has been observed that our internal averaged representations of a category tend to be inconsistent over time.
Answer: D