You Have No Difficulty Distinguishing Between the Letters O and W

question 64

Multiple Choice

You have no difficulty distinguishing between the letters O and W, but it takes longer to distinguish between the letters O and Q. Which theory of object recognition does this support?

• A) Template-matching theory
• B) Subjective-contour theory
• C) Feature-analysis theory
• D) Recognition-by-components models

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