When Identifying Nonword Letter Strings That Are Presented Very Briefly

question 70

Multiple Choice

When identifying nonword letter strings that are presented very briefly, participants tend to make specific kinds of errors. How would these errors be best described?

• A) They are unable to identify any letters if the string is a nonword.
• B) They identify many of the letters correctly but tend to incorrectly identify the vowels.
• C) They tend to misidentify strange letter combinations as more common letter combinations.
• D) They misidentify more-common letter combinations as less-common letter pairs.