Which of the Following Examples Would Be Most Comparable to the Word

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples would be most comparable to the word superiority effect if we were to apply this phenomenon to hearing?

• A) You can identify a particular phoneme more readily if it is embedded in a word than if you hear that same phoneme in isolation.
• B) If you are right-handed, you can identify a spoken word more readily if it is spoken in your right ear, rather than your left ear.
• C) You can hear a spoken word more accurately when you see the written pattern at the same time, but this does not apply to smaller segments, such as individual letters.
• D) You can recognize and remember short words more readily than long words in a conversation.

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Definitions:

Stereotype

A common yet rigid and overly simplistic representation or belief about a certain group or object, usually formed from insufficient information.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A common bias in social psychology where people tend to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behaviors.

Confirmation Bias

The habit of scouting for, construing, preferring, and recalling insights in a manner that upholds one's antecedent beliefs or guesses.

Stereotype

Overgeneralized and oversimplified beliefs about a group of people based on their membership in that group.