the view that speech perception relies on the processes that are used in speech production, such that listeners interpret a spoken message by nonconsciously computing what motor operations would be required to produce that sequence of sounds. The theory was advanced as an explanation of categorical perception in the processing of speech sounds. [proposed by U.S. psychologist Alvin M. Liberman (1917–2000)]
n. a set of study methods developed on the basis of research in cognitive psychology. The set represents six steps required for acquiring information: preview, question, read, reflect, recite, and review.