Suppose That You Are Listening to a Lecture, and Another

question 53

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are listening to a lecture, and another student's chair squeaks loudly during the middle of a word, so that the middle of that word cannot be heard. Nonetheless, you do not detect any interruption in the word. This example is closest to which of the following cognitive phenomena?

• A) Phonemic restoration
• B) Coarticulation
• C) Bottom-up processing
• D) The recognition-by-components approach

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