One shortcoming of the distinctive features model is that it cannot account for the
A) fact that people can sometimes recognize complex stimuli faster than they can simpler stimuli.
B) excessively large amount of time that people take to recognize large stimuli.
C) finding that people easily recognize stimuli that are different from other stimuli.
D) finding that humans are the only organism that appears to use prototypes in pattern recognition.
E) finding that people are more interested in complex stimuli than simple stimuli.

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The distinctive features model, which focuses on identifying simple elements (features) as the basis of recognizing objects, struggles to explain why complex stimuli can sometimes be recognized more quickly than simpler ones. This is because, according to the model, simpler stimuli with fewer features should be easier and quicker to recognize.

One Shortcoming of the Distinctive Features Model Is That It