In a Test for Categorical Perception, Participants Hear Two Sounds

question 16

Multiple Choice

In a test for categorical perception, participants hear two sounds and are asked to say whether the sounds are the same phoneme or different phonemes. What have such tests found?

• A) Performance is poor at first, but listeners become more discerning between sounds with practice.
• B) Performance is poor despite large acoustic differences, as long as the sounds fall within the same phoneme category.
• C) Performance is better if the sounds are acoustically different and fall within the same phoneme category than it is if they come from different phoneme categories.
• D) Listeners can respond equally well to all sound differences but take more time to respond if the sounds come from the same phoneme category.

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