LearningCurve Module 19. The Nonvisual Senses

a cochlear implant

Wilson was born deaf. At 3 years of age his parents had the doctor put in this device so he will be able to hear.

telepathy

A psychic claims that she can read minds. This is known as:

he has two ears and the sound will travel to the ear nearest to the sound first.

As Ted walks through a park, he hears the sound of a dog barking and is able to recognize the direction of the sound and if the dog is nearby. Ted is able to do this because:

so that her two ears will receive slightly different messages

Astra is house-sitting. On the first night, a thunderstorm causes the electricity to go out. She remembers seeing some candles and matches next to the grandfather clock. Why does she automatically cock her head when trying to pinpoint the sound of the clock?

few

Based on survey research, _____ eminent scientists support the notion of extrasensory perception (ESP).

compressed sound.

By amplifying soft sounds but not loud sounds, digital hearing aids produce:

pitch

Enrico is having trouble telling the difference between the sound of a tuba and the sound of a piccolo. Even though a piccolo produces much briefer, faster sound waves than does a tuba, he has trouble picking out the differences in the _____ of these sounds.

inner ear

Franklin has problems with his balance. His problems are probably caused by difficulties with his:

synesthesia

George sees the sound of a trumpet as a pointed, triangular shape. George's experience BEST exemplifies a condition called:

synesthesia

In a condition called _____, one sort of sensation, such as hearing sound, produces another, such as seeing color.

frequency

Juan and Joseph are opera singers. Juan is a baritone. Joseph is a tenor, so his voice is higher-pitched than Juan's voice. With respect to their physical properties, the sound waves corresponding to Juan's voice are lower in _____ than those corresponding to Joseph's voice.

vestibular

Kiara excels at gymnastics, especially at balance beam routines. Her skill depends in large part on her _____ sense.

cochlea; rods and cones

Making an analogy between hearing and vision, the auditory hair cells in the _____ are similar to the _____ in the retina.

telepathy

Mind-to-mind communication is known as _____.

clairvoyance

Mrs. Costello lives in Florida. She is gripped by a vision of her sister, gravely injured in a car wreck happening at that very moment in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Costello is inconsolable. Her husband calmly disproves Mrs. Costello's vision by calling his sister-in-law; her cheery voice greets him on the phone. Cleary, Mrs. Costello does not have the ability of _____ that she believes she possesses.

vivid memories

Smell is unique among the senses in that it will often trigger:

social influence

The _____ theory proposes that hypnosis is a by-product of normal interpersonal and mental processes.

no

There is _____ scientific evidence to support the existence of extrasensory perception (ESP).

sensation is necessary for perception.

There is no scientific support for extrasensory perception (ESP). With respect to the distinction between sensation and perception, that means that:

Thomas is likely to have a memory in which he recalls the less painful procedure more than the more painful procedure.

Thomas was having a painful dental procedure. His dentist performed the most painful portion of the procedure first and then performed the less painful portion of the procedure. According to research on memories of pain:

The temporal theory cannot explain the perception of high-pitched sounds.

To what extent can the temporal and place theories explain the perception of high- and low-pitched sounds?