Psychology chapter4E

place

After part of his basilar membrane was damaged, Joshua experienced a noticeable loss of hearing for high-pitched sounds only. Joshua's hearing loss is best explained by the _____ code mechanism of the ear to encode sound-wave frequencies.

Pinna

Beth affixes an earring earlobe. she is attaching the jewelry to part of her

their amplitude is increasing

Don and Jen are arguing and Jen begins to yell. Based on this information, what is MOST likely happening to the sound waves corresponding to Jen's voice?

place

Eighty-year-old Oscar has problems with high-pitched sounds, so he turns the treble up to the highest level so that he can understand people talk on the television. Oscar's hearing loss is BEST explained by the _____ code mechanism of the ear to encode sound-wave frequencies

Frequency

Hertz is to decibel as _____ is to amplitude.

ventral, caudal

In the auditory system, the "what" pathway is to the "where" pathway, as the _____ temporal lobe is to the _____ temporal lobe.

conductive

Jake received a blow to the head, which damaged the eardrum and ossicles to the point that he cannot send sound waves effectively to the cochlea. Jake will likely experience _____ hearing loss.

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 are those corresponding to Joseph's voice

1000,3500

The human ear is MOST sensitive to sounds ranging in frequency from about _____ to about _____ Hz.

basilar membrane

The receptor cells for hearing are embedded in the

the hair cell

The structure involved in hearing correspond (s) most closly in function to the photoreceptor for vision

Caudal

part of the auditory cortex. Nonspatial ("what") features, which allow you to identify the sound, are handled by areas in the lower (ventral) part of the auditory cortex

conductive hearing

the eardrum or ossicles are damaged to the point that they cannot conduct sound waves effectively to the cochlea