Jessica looks at ashlee on a videotape. ashlee's lips are making the movement for the sound /ga-ga/, but the sound that is actually presented is the acoustic signal for /ba-ba/. what sound is jessica most likely to report hearing?

The answer is "/da-da/".

Explanation:

Many words are similar in sound, especially when we look at lip movement we cannot be sure what speaker is saying and we are confused to observe. As in the given scenario when Jessica looks ate Ashlees's lips, she thought she is saying /ga-ga/ but that sound is actually presented is the acoustic signal for /ba-ba/ but the sound Jessica is most likely to hear is /da-da/, which is a mid point of ba and ga.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.