Excerpt: “Is it not also likely, then, that certain space relations, rhythms, and stresses have psychological significance, that some of these patterns…”
Question: “stresses” most nearly means:
a. emphases
b. loads
c. anxieties
d. influences
e. sounds
I answered ***sounds ***because it makes sense since it is parallel to rhythms. However, it turned out to be emphases. How is this possible?
We would probably need to see a larger portion of the excerpt for context. But for me, when I see “stresses” I think A, B, or C; I have rarely seen “stresses” mean the same as influence or sound.
Have you ever heard something about stressing a syllable? For instance, poems are often written in patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. It means to put emphasis on that syllable.
But what does stress has to do with space relations and rhythms?
Again, we would probably need a larger excerpt for context.
I would go with D because that’s the only thing that makes sense in this context.