Question 1

The consonant sound "____" is produced by placing your bottom lip against your upper front teeth and then pushing the air between the lips and the teeth.

Accepted Answer

A)  d 
B)  g 
C)  r 
D)  f 
A)  d 
B)  g 
C)  r 
D)  f

Question 2

The voice onset time (VOT) for the sound /da/ is 17 ms, and the VOT for the sound /ta/ is 91 msec. When a computer produces a sound with a VOT of 65 msec, listeners are likely to report hearing

Accepted Answer

A)  the /da/ sound 
B)  the /ta/ sound 
C)  the /ja/ sound 
D)  a combination of /ta/ and /da/ 
A)  the /da/ sound 
B)  the /ta/ sound 
C)  the /ja/ sound 
D)  a combination of /ta/ and /da/

Question 3

The joke in the textbook with the punch line "Yeah, right" is used as an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  sarcasm as a type of indexical characteristic. 
B)  the effect of aphasia on inappropriate social interaction. 
C)  shadowing in naturalistic environments. 
D)  multimodal processing differences between Russian and English speakers. 
A)  sarcasm as a type of indexical characteristic. 
B)  the effect of aphasia on inappropriate social interaction. 
C)  shadowing in naturalistic environments. 
D)  multimodal processing differences between Russian and English speakers.

Question 4

When you say "bat" and "boot," the /b/ sound is articulated differently. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  phoneme contiguity. 
B)  phoneme incontiguity. 
C)  coarticulation. 
D)  alveolar context. 
A)  phoneme contiguity. 
B)  phoneme incontiguity. 
C)  coarticulation. 
D)  alveolar context.

Question 5

Discuss the methods and results of two studies of the phonemic restoration effect.

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Question 6

Listening to someone speak a foreign language you are not familiar with can lead to

Accepted Answer

A)  the correspondence problem. 
B)  the segmentation problem. 
C)  the formant transition effect. 
D)  acoustic signaling. 
A)  the correspondence problem. 
B)  the segmentation problem. 
C)  the formant transition effect. 
D)  acoustic signaling.

Question 7

The ability to categorize speech sounds is found in infants as young as

Accepted Answer

A)  one-month-old. 
B)  three-months-old. 
C)  six-months-old. 
D)  10-months-old. 
A)  one-month-old. 
B)  three-months-old. 
C)  six-months-old. 
D)  10-months-old.

Question 8

Top-down processing can help

Accepted Answer

A)  segment acoustic signals. 
B)  recognize phonemes. 
C)  recognize words. 
D)  all of these. 
A)  segment acoustic signals. 
B)  recognize phonemes. 
C)  recognize words. 
D)  all of these.

Question 9

Which of the following can be considered an articulator?

Accepted Answer

A)  a sound spectrogram 
B)  a running spectral display 
C)  the soft palate 
D)  an articulation agreement 
A)  a sound spectrogram 
B)  a running spectral display 
C)  the soft palate 
D)  an articulation agreement

Question 10

There are _____ phonemes for vowel sounds in the English language.

Accepted Answer

A)  two 
B)  five 
C)  six 
D)  thirteen 
A)  two 
B)  five 
C)  six 
D)  thirteen

Question 11

Palmeri et al. (1993) had participants listen to a word list that was spoken by (1) the same speaker, or (2) different speakers. In a subsequent recognition memory test, participants were

Accepted Answer

A)  more accurate when one speaker said all of the words. 
B)  more accurate when different speakers said the words. 
C)  faster in responding when different speakers said the words. 
D)  the same in accuracy in both conditions. 
A)  more accurate when one speaker said all of the words. 
B)  more accurate when different speakers said the words. 
C)  faster in responding when different speakers said the words. 
D)  the same in accuracy in both conditions.

Question 12

Jessica looks at Ashlee on a videotape. Ashlee's lips are making the movement for the sound /ga-ga/, but the sound that is actually presented is the acoustic signal for /ba-ba/. What sound is Jessica most likely to report hearing?

Accepted Answer

A)  /ga-ga/ 
B)  /ba-ba/ 
C)  /da-da/ 
D)  /pa-pa-joe/ 
A)  /ga-ga/ 
B)  /ba-ba/ 
C)  /da-da/ 
D)  /pa-pa-joe/

Question 13

Warren showed that when a cough sound replaced the sound of the first /s/ in the word "legislatures," listeners reported hearing

Accepted Answer

A)  just the cough sound where the /s/ was originally. 
B)  just the cough sound because it masked the whole word. 
C)  just the /s/ sound. 
D)  the cough and the /s/ sound, but the cough position was not correctly identified. 
A)  just the cough sound where the /s/ was originally. 
B)  just the cough sound because it masked the whole word. 
C)  just the /s/ sound. 
D)  the cough and the /s/ sound, but the cough position was not correctly identified.

Question 14

What is the McGurk effect? What evidence exists for the physiological basis for this effect?

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Question 15

Miller and Isard presented listeners with grammatical sentences ("Gadgets simplify work around the house"); ungrammatical word strings ("Between gadgets highways passengers the steal"), and anomalous sentences ("Gadgets kill passengers from the eyes"). The results showed that the listener's ability to accurately report the phrase was

Accepted Answer

A)  highest for the grammatical condition, followed by ungrammatical, and then anomalous. 
B)  highest for the grammatical condition, followed by anomalous, and then ungrammatical. 
C)  the same for grammatical and anomalous, which were both better than ungrammatical. 
D)  the same for all three conditions. 
A)  highest for the grammatical condition, followed by ungrammatical, and then anomalous. 
B)  highest for the grammatical condition, followed by anomalous, and then ungrammatical. 
C)  the same for grammatical and anomalous, which were both better than ungrammatical. 
D)  the same for all three conditions.

Question 16

Humans perceive the sound /b/ to be the same, even when the coarticulation of the sound is be different. This phenomenon is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  perceptual constancy. 
B)  acoustic consistency. 
C)  phonemic transitions. 
D)  the segmentation problem. 
A)  perceptual constancy. 
B)  acoustic consistency. 
C)  phonemic transitions. 
D)  the segmentation problem.

Question 17

Your ability to read the sentence "H*V* A N*C* D*Y" is used as an example of the importance of

Accepted Answer

A)  bottom-up processing. 
B)  top-down processing. 
C)  audiovisual speech perception. 
D)  sideways processing. 
A)  bottom-up processing. 
B)  top-down processing. 
C)  audiovisual speech perception. 
D)  sideways processing.

Question 18

Using fMRI, Belin et al., (2000) were able to reveal that, in humans, the superior temporal sulcus (STS) is

Accepted Answer

A)  activated more for human voices than for other sounds. 
B)  activated for any sound that falls in the same frequency range as the human voice. 
C)  responsible for coordinating conflicting visual and auditory information. 
D)  responsible for phoneme segmentation. 
A)  activated more for human voices than for other sounds. 
B)  activated for any sound that falls in the same frequency range as the human voice. 
C)  responsible for coordinating conflicting visual and auditory information. 
D)  responsible for phoneme segmentation.

Question 19

The ______ is the shortest segment of speech that, if changed, changes the meaning of the word.

Accepted Answer

A)  formants 
B)  phonemes 
C)  tadomas 
D)  morphemes 
A)  formants 
B)  phonemes 
C)  tadomas 
D)  morphemes

Question 20

The research by Rivera-Gaxiola on the effect of Spanish speech sounds on the electrical potentials of American infants shows that speech perception involves

Accepted Answer

A)  experience-dependent plasticity. 
B)  the genetic basis to speech perception. 
C)  the genetic basis for speech production. 
D)  multimodal stimulation. 
A)  experience-dependent plasticity. 
B)  the genetic basis to speech perception. 
C)  the genetic basis for speech production. 
D)  multimodal stimulation.

The consonant sound "____" is produced by placing your bottom lip against your upper front teeth and then pushing the air between the lips and the teeth.

The voice onset time (VOT) for the sound /da/ is 17 ms, and the VOT for the sound /ta/ is 91 msec. When a computer produces a sound with a VOT of 65 msec, listeners are likely to report hearing

The joke in the textbook with the punch line "Yeah, right" is used as an example of

When you say "bat" and "boot," the /b/ sound is articulated differently. This is an example of

Discuss the methods and results of two studies of the phonemic restoration effect.

Listening to someone speak a foreign language you are not familiar with can lead to

The ability to categorize speech sounds is found in infants as young as

Top-down processing can help

Which of the following can be considered an articulator?

There are _____ phonemes for vowel sounds in the English language.

Palmeri et al. (1993) had participants listen to a word list that was spoken by (1) the same speaker, or (2) different speakers. In a subsequent recognition memory test, participants were

Jessica looks at Ashlee on a videotape. Ashlee's lips are making the movement for the sound /ga-ga/, but the sound that is actually presented is the acoustic signal for /ba-ba/. What sound is Jessica most likely to report hearing?

Warren showed that when a cough sound replaced the sound of the first /s/ in the word "legislatures," listeners reported hearing

What is the McGurk effect? What evidence exists for the physiological basis for this effect?

Humans perceive the sound /b/ to be the same, even when the coarticulation of the sound is be different. This phenomenon is an example of

Your ability to read the sentence "HV A NC D*Y" is used as an example of the importance of

Using fMRI, Belin et al., (2000) were able to reveal that, in humans, the superior temporal sulcus (STS) is

The ______ is the shortest segment of speech that, if changed, changes the meaning of the word.

The research by Rivera-Gaxiola on the effect of Spanish speech sounds on the electrical potentials of American infants shows that speech perception involves

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Exam 13: Speech Perception

The consonant sound "____" is produced by placing your bottom lip against your upper front teeth and then pushing the air between the lips and the teeth.

The voice onset time (VOT) for the sound /da/ is 17 ms, and the VOT for the sound /ta/ is 91 msec. When a computer produces a sound with a VOT of 65 msec, listeners are likely to report hearing

The joke in the textbook with the punch line "Yeah, right" is used as an example of

When you say "bat" and "boot," the /b/ sound is articulated differently. This is an example of

Discuss the methods and results of two studies of the phonemic restoration effect.

Listening to someone speak a foreign language you are not familiar with can lead to

The ability to categorize speech sounds is found in infants as young as

Top-down processing can help

Which of the following can be considered an articulator?

There are _____ phonemes for vowel sounds in the English language.

Palmeri et al. (1993) had participants listen to a word list that was spoken by (1) the same speaker, or (2) different speakers. In a subsequent recognition memory test, participants were

Jessica looks at Ashlee on a videotape. Ashlee's lips are making the movement for the sound /ga-ga/, but the sound that is actually presented is the acoustic signal for /ba-ba/. What sound is Jessica most likely to report hearing?

Warren showed that when a cough sound replaced the sound of the first /s/ in the word "legislatures," listeners reported hearing

What is the McGurk effect? What evidence exists for the physiological basis for this effect?

Humans perceive the sound /b/ to be the same, even when the coarticulation of the sound is be different. This phenomenon is an example of

Your ability to read the sentence "H*V* A N*C* D*Y" is used as an example of the importance of

Using fMRI, Belin et al., (2000) were able to reveal that, in humans, the superior temporal sulcus (STS) is

The ______ is the shortest segment of speech that, if changed, changes the meaning of the word.

The research by Rivera-Gaxiola on the effect of Spanish speech sounds on the electrical potentials of American infants shows that speech perception involves

Introduction to Perception

The Beginnings of Perception

Neural Processing and Perception

Cortical Organization

Perceiving Objects and Scenes

Visual Attention

Taking Action

Perceiving Motion

Perceiving Color

Perceiving Depth and Size

Hearing

Auditory Localization and Organization

The Cutaneous Senses

The Chemical Senses

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Your ability to read the sentence "HV A NC D*Y" is used as an example of the importance of