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wrbasek0

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According to the word superiority effect,
 
  a. we have trouble noticing when one of the letters in a word disappears from the stimulus.
  b. we can recognize a letter faster and more accurately when it is part of a word, rather than when this letter appears by itself.
  c. we can recognize an unfamiliar word more quickly than an isolated letter of the alphabet.
  d. bottom-up processing is more helpful than top-down processing.

Question 2

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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Answer to Question 1

Ans: b

Answer to Question 2

Ans: a



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