Question

Heather notes that it is always easier to understand her sister’s speech when they converse on Skype as compared to conversing on the telephone. Her sister believes that the sound quality on Skype may be better than on her smart phone. However, Heather thinks about her Cognitive Psychology class and reasons that the phenomenon may be an illustration of:______

Answer 1

Answer:

d) The importance of visual cues in speech processing

Explanation:

This question is incomplete. The options for this question are:

a) Coarticulation

b) Phonemic restoration

c) Word boundary effects

d) The importance of visual cues in speech processing

When we communicate with one another we are usually using different visual cues during our speech to help the other person understand and get a better understanding of what we are saying and by our gestures we also increase the interest of our audience in what we are saying.

In this example, Heather notes that it's easier to understand her sister's speech on Skype than on telephone. It is clear that when we're on the telephone we really don't see the person or their cues and gestures, and we do see those when we are in Skype. These cues help us understand the speech better because these physical cues help us guide us through the speech. Therefore, the phenomenon may be an illustration of d) The importance of visual cues in speech processing