Posner and Keele's research on prototype formation suggests that _____.
A)people can form prototypes very quickly
B)participants cannot learn to classify abstract dot patterns with any accuracy
C)participants can learn the classifications of previously studied dot patterns,but cannot correctly classify novel patterns
D)participants can only classify prototypes when the prototypes have been explicitly identified during the study period

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Posner and Keele's research demonstrated that people are capable of forming prototypes—abstract representations of categories—rapidly and without explicit instruction, by abstracting common features from similar instances.

Posner and Keele's Research on Prototype Formation Suggests That _____