Unit 4.4 Psychology

Question 0

Frequency

Answer 0

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

Question 1

Audition

Answer 1

The sense or act of hearing

Question 2

Pitch

Answer 2

A tone’s experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency

Question 3

Middle ear

Answer 3

The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea’s oval window

Question 4

Cochlea

Answer 4

A coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear. Sound waves traveling through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses

Question 5

Inner ear

Answer 5

The innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs

Question 6

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 6

Hear loss caused by damage to the cochlea’s receptor cells or to the auditory nerves; also called nerve deafness

Question 7

Conduction hearing loss

Answer 7

Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea

Question 8

Cochlear implant

Answer 8

A device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea

Question 9

Place theory

Answer 9

In hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea’s membrane is stimulated

Question 10

Frequency theory

Answer 10

In hearing, the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling us to sense its pitch

Question 11

Gate-control theory

Answer 11

The theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological “gate” that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain. The gate is opened by the activity of pain signals traveling up small nerve fibers and is closed by activity in large fibers or by information coming from the brain

Question 12

Kinesthesia

Answer 12

The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts

Question 13

Vestibular sense

Answer 13

The sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance

Question 14

Sensory interaction

Answer 14

The principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste

Question 15

Embodied cognition

Answer 15

In psychological science, the influence of bodily sensations, gestures, and other states on cognitive preferences and judgements