A classic problem with this recognition is the "follow the flight director" drilling during training. Rather than that I teach "look through the flight director". Learning the basics is not now part of the teaching. The basic balanced triangle of 'IAS + ATT + Power' = performance. Is that equation correct? If the autopilot is in CMD then normally the FD is centred. This is a sucker. I teach stalls with FD is use: guess what, the cross of the FD is perfectly centred but at the wrong attitude for the normal phase of flight. It's an eye opener. I teach a lot of flying A/P NPA approaches without FD's to demonstrate they tell you very little. An NPA needs a good scan of the basic performance displays. Teach guys the basics and they will detect the problems. Sadly, not enough guys are drilled with this discipline.