Which of the Following Examples Would Be Most Comparable to the Word

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples would be most comparable to the word superiority effect if we were to apply this phenomenon to hearing?

• A) You can identify a particular phoneme more readily if it is embedded in a word than if you hear that same phoneme in isolation.
• B) If you are right-handed, you can identify a spoken word more readily if it is spoken in your right ear, rather than your left ear.
• C) You can hear a spoken word more accurately when you see the written pattern at the same time, but this does not apply to smaller segments, such as individual letters.
• D) You can recognize and remember short words more readily than long words in a conversation.

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Definitions:

Chromosome

Chromosomes are long, thread-like structures made of DNA and proteins, found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Epistasis

Condition in which certain alleles of one locus alter the expression of alleles of a different locus.

Alleles

Different forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

Gene Interaction

The ways in which different genes influence each other's expression, often leading to complex traits or outcomes in an organism.