Exam 3 Questions

A complex sound wave is missing its fundamental harmonic, but is still composed of the following harmonics: 1000hz, 1500hz, 2000hz, 2500hz. What is most likely to be the fundamental frequency of the sound wave? 500 hz 1000 hz 300 hz 200 hz

500 hz

If a given sound has a pressure level of 200,000 what would the volume be in dB SPL 20 dB SPL 40 dB SPL 60 dB SPL 80 db SPL

80 db SPL

Who is mostly likely to have the WORST hearing at high frequencies? A 70 year old man A 70 year old woman A 40 year old man A 20 year old woman

A 70 year old man

Which is a NOT a cause of conductive hearing loss? Ruptured ear drum Too much ear wax Aging Stuck a green bean in your ear More than one of those

Aging

Pitch is to color as ______ is to _______ Amplitude; volume Volume; Brightness Timbre; Saturation Both B & C

Both B & C

When a speaker moves out it pushes the surrounding air molecules together, a process called _______ the results in __________ pressure. Afterwards, when the speaker moves back in the air molecules spread out, a process called ______________ that results in ______________ pressure. Rarefaction; increased; condensation; decreased Condensation; decreased; rarefaction; increased Rarefaction; decreased; condensation; increased Condensation; increased; rarefaction; decreased

Condensation; increased; rarefaction; decreased

For which frequencies is IID/ILD most useful? Low Frequencies High Frequencies Frequencies between ~1000-5000Hz Equally good at all frequencies

High Frequencies

Which is true of the audibility curve? It shows we are most sensitive to sounds in the 1000-5000 Hz range It dips down at the low and high frequency regions Is the same as the Threshold of Feeling curve We are able to hear anything occuring below the curve

It shows we are most sensitive to sounds in the 1000-5000 Hz range

Place code is to all frequencies as timing code is to_______. Low frequencies All frequencies High frequencies Three specific frequencies

Low frequencies

Chad has damage to the ossicle closest to his eardrum. Which ossicle does he have damage to and what type of hearing loss would most likely result? Malleus, Conductive Hearing Loss Malleus, Sensory-Motor Hearing Loss Stapes, Conductive Hearing Loss Stapes, Sensory-Motor Hearing Loss

Malleus, Conductive Hearing Loss

Which of the mechanoreceptors are slowly adapting receptors? Merkel only Pacianian and Meissner Merkel and Ruffini Pacianian and Merkel

Merkel and Ruffini

The _____ are located near the border of the epidermis and surface of the skin, and are associated with sensing fine details Pacinian corpuscle Meissner corpuscles Ruffini cylinders Merkel receptors

Merkel receptors

Which would be a free nerve ending? A receptor sensing pain A receptor sensing pressure A receptor sensing heat A receptor sensing stretch of the skin More than one of the above

More than one of the above (pain and heat and maybe pressure if it's a pressure nociceptor)

What occurs to a tone as the frequency increases? Pitch gets higher. Pitch gets lower. Loudness increases. Loudness decreases.

Pitch gets higher.

Which area of the body would have the highest two-point threshold? Finger Elbow Shoulder Wrist

Shoulder

Which is the best description of threshold as it relates to perception? The smallest amount of given stimulus that can be measured The largest amount of a stimulus that can be perceived The largest amount of a given stimulus that can be measured The smallest amount of a given stimulus that can be perceived

The smallest amount of a given stimulus that can be perceived

Which sound is most likely to be reinforced by the ear canal? Screeching brakes A low tone of of a bass guitar Your friend telling a joke

Your friend telling a joke

With which sense do we use top-down processing to build our perceptions? vision only taste and smell only vision and hearing only all of them

all of them

The _____ is composed of the locations where the ILD and ITD are the same common region cone of confusion inverse acoustic range Jeffries tube

cone of confusion

Bobby is asked to use haptic perception to identify a soccer ball. She will most likely use the exploratory procedure(s) of _____ to identify the soccer ball's exact shape. lateral motion and pressure pressure only enclosure and contour following passive motion and lateral motion

enclosure and contour following

The edge between a dark shadow and an illuminated checkerboard is a(n) _____ reflectance edge illuminance edge ratio edge Ishihara border

illuminance edge

Jan is a right-handed violin player -she bows with her right hand and fingers the strings with her left. The cortical representation for the fingers on her left hand is _____. equal to the area for the fingers on her right hand equal to the area for the fingers on the left hand of a non-musician larger than the area for the fingers on the left hand of a non-musician smaller than the area for the fingers on the left hand of a non-musician

larger than the area for the fingers on the left hand of a non-musician

Low Fundamental frequencies are associated with ________ and high fundamental frequencies are associated with _________ low pitches; high pitches high pitches; low pitches high loudness; low loudness low loudness; high loudness

low pitches; high pitches

George suffered an injury to his ear. His pinna suffered a tremendous amount of injury and was removed from his head. What would most likely be the resulting impairment on George's hearing? normal hearing; impairment locating a sound on the elevation plane complete hearing loss; impairment locating a sound on the azimuth and elevation planes mild hearing loss; impairment locating sounds on the azimuth plane no impairment in hearing or any other hearing related cues

normal hearing; impairment locating a sound on the elevation plane

The receptive fields of cortical S1 neurons are _____ the same size for the fingers as for the hand larger for the fingers than for the hand smaller for the fingers than the forearm

smaller for the fingers than the forearm

The duplex theory of texture perception refers to the importance of _____ temporal cues and spatial cues parietal cues and occipital cues spatial cues and occipital cues temporal cues and parietal cues

temporal cues (pacinian) and spatial cues (merkel)

If there is an interaural time difference, we interpret the sound as coming from _____ directly in front of us directly behind us the side directly above us

the side

A complex tone composed of a 440 Hz tone, an 880 Hz tone, and a 1320 HZ tone is presented. Which part of the basilar membrane will respond? One spot on the apex one spot near the base one intermediate area the three different areas characteristic of each individual component

the three different areas characteristic of each individual component

The cochlear implant makes use of _____ phase locking mechanisms in the sound processor the tonotopic map of frequencies on the cochlea artificial ossicles resonance harmonics on the tectorial membrane

the tonotopic map of frequencies on the cochlea

What causes the pain message to travel through A delta fibers faster? they are thinner and unmyelinated they are thicker and unmyelinated they are thinner and myelinated they are thicker and myelinated

they are thicker and myelinated