An Event That Upsets the Smooth Functioning of a Person's

question 16

Multiple Choice

An event that upsets the smooth functioning of a person's life is called:

• A) a crisis.
• B) an alarm.
• C) a syndrome.
• D) an episode.

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Definitions:

Sounds Combined

The integration of individual auditory elements into complex recognizable patterns or speech.

Lexical Ambiguity

The idea that some words have different meanings; for example, bank can refer to the side of a river or to a financial institution.

Phonetic Ambiguity

A linguistic phenomenon where a speech sound or sequence of sounds can be interpreted in more than one way due to its pronunciation.

Speech Perception

The process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted, and understood. This involves both physiological hearing mechanisms and cognitive processing.