Adults Perceive Speech Sounds

question 21

Multiple Choice

Adults perceive speech sounds

• A) continuously.
• B) categorically, when the sounds come from their native language, and continuously, when the sounds do not come from their native language.
• C) categorically, perceiving all phonemic categories used in human language.
• D) categorically, perceiving only phonemic contrasts used in their native language.

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Definitions:

Bank Transaction

Any financial operation carried out within a bank, including deposits, withdrawals, and loans.

Required Reserve Ratio

The fraction of deposits that banks are mandated to keep as reserves by the central bank to ensure liquidity and stability in the financial system.

Money Multiplier

The multiple by which the money supply changes as a result of a change in fresh reserves in the banking system.

Money-Creation Process

The procedure through which the banking system generates money by issuing loans greater than the amount of reserves it holds.