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Chapter 4 - part 4: Our Sense of Hearing: The Auditory System

Chapter 4 - part 4: Our Sense of Hearing: The Auditory System

Question 1 of 17

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Which perception is associated with the amplitude of a sound wave?

Select one of the following:

  • loudness

  • richness

  • timbre

  • tonal quality

Explanation

Question 2 of 17

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What aspect of the sound wave influences the perception of timbre?

Select one of the following:

  • panache

  • amplitude

  • pitch

  • purity

Explanation

Question 3 of 17

1

When a clarinet plays a high C followed by a low C, these two notes are perceived differently because they differ in what aspect?

Select one of the following:

  • complexity

  • amplitude

  • frequency

  • purity

Explanation

Question 4 of 17

1

What units of measurement refer to the loudness of sounds?

Select one of the following:

  • timbre

  • wavelength

  • decibels

  • hertz

Explanation

Question 5 of 17

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What units of measurement refer to the pitch of sounds?

Select one of the following:

  • hertz

  • nanometers

  • decibels

  • wavelengths

Explanation

Question 6 of 17

1

What is the range of human hearing?

Select one of the following:

  • 5 to 50 Hz

  • 10 to 100 Hz

  • 20 to 20 000 Hz

  • 10 000 to 100 000 Hz

Explanation

Question 7 of 17

1

What is the structure of the ear that transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses?

Select one of the following:

  • oval window

  • temporal lobe

  • cochlea

  • stirrup

Explanation

Question 8 of 17

1

Jefferson has had years of exposure to high-amplitude sound through his work as a helicopter mechanic. Lately he has noticed that he is losing his ability to detect high-frequency sounds. What has Jefferson most likely damaged?

Select one of the following:

  • his eardrum

  • the tiny bones of his middle ear

  • his cochlea

  • his auditory canal

Explanation

Question 9 of 17

1

Which structure of the ear serves a similar function as the retina serves in the eye?

Select one of the following:

  • pinna

  • eardrum

  • cochlea

  • ossicles

Explanation

Question 10 of 17

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What are the direct receptors for hearing?

Select one of the following:

  • hair cells

  • basilar cells

  • ossicles

  • cochleas

Explanation

Question 11 of 17

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What process allows us to hear pitch, according to place theory?

Select one of the following:

  • There is differential movement of specific ossicles.

  • The entire cochlea vibrates at a speed equivalent to the wavelengths that stimulate the ear.

  • Vibrations occur at specific locations on the basilar membrane.

  • Specific hair cells are simultaneously stimulated all along the length of the semicircular canals.

Explanation

Question 12 of 17

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Imagine that the basilar membrane in the human ear were longer. What might you expect humans to be able to do, based on place theory?

Select one of the following:

  • localize sounds more accurately

  • hear more sounds of lower frequency, but lose some higher frequency sounds

  • hear a wider range of sounds

  • detect sound waves that had a lower amplitude

Explanation

Question 13 of 17

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Which theory of hearing views the basilar membrane as being like a drumhead?

Select one of the following:

  • place

  • timpani

  • opponent process

  • frequency

Explanation

Question 14 of 17

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The maximum firing rate for individual neurons is 1,000 neural impulses per second. What does this biological limitation mean for theories of perception?

Select one of the following:

  • Trichromatic theory cannot fully explain colour perception.

  • Opponent process theory cannot fully explain colour perception.

  • Place theory cannot fully explain pitch perception.

  • Frequency theory cannot fully explain pitch perception.

Explanation

Question 15 of 17

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What is the major flaw in the frequency theory of pitch perception?

Select one of the following:

  • It places the transduction process in the semicircular canals and not the cochlea.

  • Structurally, it is impossible for the basilar membrane to vibrate.

  • The action of the ossicles interacting with the auditory nerve was misidentified.

  • Neurons cannot fire fast enough to account for hearing tones higher than 1,000 cycles/second.

Explanation

Question 16 of 17

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Which theory, or theories, best explain(s) pitch perception for very low-pitch, very high-pitch, and middle-pitch sounds, respectively?

Select one of the following:

  • place theory; both theories; frequency theory

  • place theory; frequency theory; place theory

  • frequency theory; place theory; both theories

  • frequency theory; both theories; place theory

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

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After reading the Featured Study, in which of the following might you enroll your child if you wanted to enhance
your child’s ability to interpret speech prosody?

Select one of the following:

  • team sport rather than an individual sport

  • linguistics course

  • visual arts course

  • keyboard lessons

Explanation

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