Suppose that you are listening to a lecture, and another ...

[Yolanda]

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

Question 2

According to the discussion of phonemic restoration,
 
  a. if we fail to hear a particular phoneme in a word, we won't be able to identify the word.
  b. phonemic restoration makes use of top-down processing.
  c. phonemic restoration is typically caused by variations in phoneme pronunciation.
  d. phonemic restoration is typically caused by coarticulation.

[asware1]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: a

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b