Models of spoken word recognition

1. What is a word recognition model?
2. What is the cohort model of spoken word recognition?
3. What are the three main processes involved spoken word recognition?
4. What are the three stages of spoken word recognition according to the cohort model?

What is a word recognition model?

The model that most psychologists currently accept as most accurate is the parallel letter recognition model. This model says that the letters within a word are recognized simultaneously, and the letter information is used to recognize the words.

What is the cohort model of spoken word recognition?

According to the Cohort Model, a word is recognized via a successive reduction in the number of possible word candidates as each new phoneme is perceived. When only one candidate remains in the cohort of possible words, the word is recognized.

What are the three main processes involved spoken word recognition?

In the Cohort model, spoken-word recognition takes place in three stages: access, selection, and integration. During access, acoustic–phonetic elements in the speech signal are mapped onto words in the lexicon.

What are the three stages of spoken word recognition according to the cohort model?

The cohort model consists of three stages: access, selection, and integration. Under this model, auditory lexical retrieval begins with the first one or two speech segments, or phonemes, reach the hearer's ear, at which time the mental lexicon activates every possible word that begins with that speech segment.