__________ Refers to the Necessity of Rapid Speech Production

question 103

Multiple Choice

__________ refers to the necessity of rapid speech production.For example,if you are having a heated exchange with an enemy and they come up with a brilliant insult,the only way to "win" the debate is to come up with a better retort as fast as possible.Sometimes the need to come up with such a retort too quickly causes us to freeze up and produce no good response at all.

• A) Linguistic haste
• B) Phonemism
• C) Production acceleration
• D) Opportunism

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Definitions:

Perceptual Set

A psychological framework that influences how we perceive and interpret sensory information based on our expectations, culture, and past experiences.

Top-Down Processing

The operation in sensation and perception, launched by cognitive processing at the brain’s higher levels, that allows the organism to sense what is happening and to apply that framework to information from the world.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of stimulation that must occur before you experience a sensation.

Sensory Threshold

The minimum level of stimulus intensity needed for a stimulus to be detected, marking the boundary between the sensory signal's absence and presence.