An experimenter discovers that the time for people to detect a string of letters on a computer screen is 400 milliseconds, and t
hat the time to push one of two buttons as to whether that string of letters is a legitimate word (e.g., travel) versus a nonword (e.g., terhil) is 575 milliseconds. Which technique would be most useful in figuring out the time for word recognition, independent of letter-string detection? a. Introspectionsb. Operant conditioningc. Neuropyshologyd. Subtractive method
The correct answer to the following question will be Option D (Subtractive method
).
Explanation:
This approach essentially requests a participant to construct two activities that are already in almost every way similar, except for a mental process that is assumed to also be included in any of the activities although omitted in another.
This method will be much more valuable when deciding the period for phonemic awareness, despite text-string identification.
The other three options are not related to the given scenario. So that Option D is the right answer.
