Chapter 3

Question 1

Segmentation Problem

Answer 1

Speech is a continuous stream; how do we break it up into units?

Question 2

Problems in Speech Perception

Answer 2

1. Segmentation
2. Lack of Invariance
3. Language Problem

Question 3

Lack of Invariance

Answer 3

Speech sounds vary (different speaker and environments)

Question 4

Language Problem

Answer 4

Which sounds are systematically part of their language

Question 5

High Amplitude Sucking Procedure

Answer 5

Used to examine speech perception

Harder sucking when new word is heard

Question 6

Head Turn Preference Procedure

Answer 6

Examine preference among various stimuli

Infants pay closer attention to familiar words

Question 7

Preferential Looking

Answer 7

Determines age that infants understand the link between words and objects
Do they look at their mother when they hear ‘mommy’?

Question 8

Conditioned Head-Turn Task

Answer 8

Head turns when different Hindi [d] sounds are heard

Indistinguishable by 8 months old

Question 9

Looking While Listening Paradigm

Answer 9

Measuring the eye movements of infants

faster shift to target when infants hear the word in sentence form rather than on its own

Question 10

‘Fis’ Phenomenon

Answer 10

Reflects the difference between comprehension (‘fish’) and production (‘fis’)