Eva had difficulty recognizing that a sea horse was a fish because it did not closely resemble her fish
A) hierarchy.
B) heuristic.
C) algorithm.
D) prototype.

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Eva's difficulty recognizing the sea horse as a fish is an example of the prototype theory in which our understanding of a category is based on a mental image or prototype of the most typical member of that category. Eva's prototype for fish did not closely match the appearance of a sea horse, leading to her confusion.

Eva Had Difficulty Recognizing That a Sea Horse Was a Fish