COMD 5070 Exam 3 2025 Questions
And Answers
simplifies, large, complex - --Answer --One reason why the study of speech
production addresses the subsystems separately, and in sequential order, is this
approach ____________ a ________ and ________ topic.
distortions, hearing impairment - --Answer --Evidence to support the view
that acoustic targets are the main variables for speech comes from _________ in
the speech of people with ___________.
many, stored, all, movement - --Answer --What is one of the theoretical
problems associated with the idea of motor programs?
________ thousands of programs would need to be __________ for _____ the
_______ we make.
do not agree, one - --Answer --The most basic unit of analysis for speech
motor control is: Scientists _________ on _________ single unit of measurement
for control.
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,repeating, differences, articular - --Answer --Motor equivalence in speech
motor control means that ___________ an utterance more than once may involve
subtle _________ in __________ movements.
increased, variability - --Answer --Clear speech typically includes
__________ fundamental frequency ________.
invariant, linear - --Answer --The speech signal is neither ________ nor
________.
categorical perception - --Answer --One type of quantal perception that
occurs as we listen to speech is called __________.
place, manner, change - --Answer --In the McGurk effect, the __________
and/or _________ of articulation is perceived to ________.
contextual, linguistic, cognitive - --Answer --Top-down processing in the
perception of speech involves using _________, ________, and _________ cues.
motor theory - --Answer --Which speech perception theory has been
criticized as being so vague that it is more of a philosophy than a theory or model?
differences, phonemes - --Answer --Perceptual magnets enhance
___________ between distinct __________.
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, dominant, decreases, non native - --Answer --Research with infants has
shown that _________ language exposure gradually _______ discrimination of
____________ speech features.
empirical, deterministic, predictive, parsimonious - --Answer --4 features of
the scientific method.
empirical - --Answer --Based on data.
deterministic - --Answer --Obeys physical laws.
predictive - --Answer --If you do this... then that will happen.
parsimonious - --Answer --Use the simplest explanation possible.
increase - --Answer --Difference Limens ________ with stimulus frequency.
semitone - --Answer --Each __________ is a nonlinear step
Each step upward is bigger than the last (about 5.9% higher frequency than the
one before it).
When we're at the low end of the pitch range, we can hear differences between
frequencies that are really rather small—just a couple of Hz apart. But as we get to
the higher end, our difference limens are greater, and so the increasing size in Hz
of each semitone step as we go up actually matches our auditory perceptual abilities
quite nicely.
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And Answers
simplifies, large, complex - --Answer --One reason why the study of speech
production addresses the subsystems separately, and in sequential order, is this
approach ____________ a ________ and ________ topic.
distortions, hearing impairment - --Answer --Evidence to support the view
that acoustic targets are the main variables for speech comes from _________ in
the speech of people with ___________.
many, stored, all, movement - --Answer --What is one of the theoretical
problems associated with the idea of motor programs?
________ thousands of programs would need to be __________ for _____ the
_______ we make.
do not agree, one - --Answer --The most basic unit of analysis for speech
motor control is: Scientists _________ on _________ single unit of measurement
for control.
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,repeating, differences, articular - --Answer --Motor equivalence in speech
motor control means that ___________ an utterance more than once may involve
subtle _________ in __________ movements.
increased, variability - --Answer --Clear speech typically includes
__________ fundamental frequency ________.
invariant, linear - --Answer --The speech signal is neither ________ nor
________.
categorical perception - --Answer --One type of quantal perception that
occurs as we listen to speech is called __________.
place, manner, change - --Answer --In the McGurk effect, the __________
and/or _________ of articulation is perceived to ________.
contextual, linguistic, cognitive - --Answer --Top-down processing in the
perception of speech involves using _________, ________, and _________ cues.
motor theory - --Answer --Which speech perception theory has been
criticized as being so vague that it is more of a philosophy than a theory or model?
differences, phonemes - --Answer --Perceptual magnets enhance
___________ between distinct __________.
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, dominant, decreases, non native - --Answer --Research with infants has
shown that _________ language exposure gradually _______ discrimination of
____________ speech features.
empirical, deterministic, predictive, parsimonious - --Answer --4 features of
the scientific method.
empirical - --Answer --Based on data.
deterministic - --Answer --Obeys physical laws.
predictive - --Answer --If you do this... then that will happen.
parsimonious - --Answer --Use the simplest explanation possible.
increase - --Answer --Difference Limens ________ with stimulus frequency.
semitone - --Answer --Each __________ is a nonlinear step
Each step upward is bigger than the last (about 5.9% higher frequency than the
one before it).
When we're at the low end of the pitch range, we can hear differences between
frequencies that are really rather small—just a couple of Hz apart. But as we get to
the higher end, our difference limens are greater, and so the increasing size in Hz
of each semitone step as we go up actually matches our auditory perceptual abilities
quite nicely.
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