In the Perception of Speech Sounds, When Auditory and Visual

question 59

Multiple Choice

In the perception of speech sounds, when auditory and visual stimuli conflict, the auditory system tends to compromise on a perception that shares features with both the seen and the heard stimuli. This phenomenon is called:

• A) manner of articulation.
• B) coarticulation.
• C) categorical perception.
• D) the McGurk effect.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value, quantifying how much the data points differ from each other.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of numeric values.

Test Statistic

A numerical measure that summarizes data from a sample to make inferences about a population parameter in hypothesis testing.

Variance

A measure of dispersion indicating how far individual values in a dataset are from the mean.