Subjects Can Better Discriminate Between Two Letters When the Letters

question 44

Multiple Choice

Subjects can better discriminate between two letters when the letters are embedded in words than when the letters stand alone.This effect is called the _____ effect.

• A) phoneme-restoration
• B) stimulus-driven
• C) word superiority
• D) phoneme-segmentation

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