Suppose That You Are Reading a Journal Article That Supports

question 80

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are reading a journal article that supports the "special mechanism approach" to speech perception. Which of the following statements would you be most likely to see?

• A) Humans have an inborn ability that helps them perceive speech sounds.
• B) Humans can perceive speech sounds especially well when the sounds are accompanied by music.
• C) Speech perception operates in the same way as visual perception.
• D) We can remember spoken sentences better than printed sentences.

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