Question 1

The area of the brain specialized for processing speech sounds is

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A)  the left auditory cortex. 
B)  the right auditory cortex. 
C)  the left Wernicke's area. 
D)  the right Wernicke's area. 
A)  the left auditory cortex. 
B)  the right auditory cortex. 
C)  the left Wernicke's area. 
D)  the right Wernicke's area. C

Question 2

Pitch chroma refers to

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A)  perceiving middle C and C one octave higher as being the same. 
B)  perceiving middle C as lower in pitch than C one octave higher. 
C)  perceiving middle C as the same when played on different musical instruments. 
D)  perceiving middle C as different when played on different musical instruments. 
A)  perceiving middle C and C one octave higher as being the same. 
B)  perceiving middle C as lower in pitch than C one octave higher. 
C)  perceiving middle C as the same when played on different musical instruments. 
D)  perceiving middle C as different when played on different musical instruments. A

Question 3

Imagining speech sounds activates

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A)  the auditory cortex. 
B)  Wernicke's area. 
C)  both the auditory cortex and Wernicke's area. 
D)  neither the auditory cortex nor Wernicke's area. 
A)  the auditory cortex. 
B)  Wernicke's area. 
C)  both the auditory cortex and Wernicke's area. 
D)  neither the auditory cortex nor Wernicke's area. B

Question 4

Human speech is thought to have emerged about

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A)  30,000 years ago. 
B)  200,000 years ago. 
C)  1 million years ago. 
D)  2 million years ago. 
A)  30,000 years ago. 
B)  200,000 years ago. 
C)  1 million years ago. 
D)  2 million years ago.

Question 5

Absolute pitch

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A)  seems to run in families. 
B)  may be acquired by children after extensive practice. 
C)  may be inborn in everyone but lost with development. 
D)  all of these 
A)  seems to run in families. 
B)  may be acquired by children after extensive practice. 
C)  may be inborn in everyone but lost with development. 
D)  all of these

Question 6

A deficit in identifying a speaker is called

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A)  phonagnosia. 
B)  Wernicke's aphasia. 
C)  Broca's aphasia. 
D)  name aphasia. 
A)  phonagnosia. 
B)  Wernicke's aphasia. 
C)  Broca's aphasia. 
D)  name aphasia.

Question 7

An example of auditory constancy is

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A)  hearing the same message despite the words being spoken by males and by females. 
B)  hearing the same melody despite its being in different keys. 
C)  hearing a sound as loud despite its being very far away. 
D)  All these are examples of auditory constancy. 
A)  hearing the same message despite the words being spoken by males and by females. 
B)  hearing the same melody despite its being in different keys. 
C)  hearing a sound as loud despite its being very far away. 
D)  All these are examples of auditory constancy.

Question 8

Pitch constancy is

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A)  the ability to recognize a melody played in different keys. 
B)  the perception of constant pitch of a moving sound that is changing in frequency. 
C)  the ability to recognize the pitch of a note despite variations in timbre. 
D)  the ability of a baseball player to throw in the strike zone. 
A)  the ability to recognize a melody played in different keys. 
B)  the perception of constant pitch of a moving sound that is changing in frequency. 
C)  the ability to recognize the pitch of a note despite variations in timbre. 
D)  the ability of a baseball player to throw in the strike zone.

Question 9

The notion that there are feature detectors in the auditory nervous system

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A)  is supported by studies of temporal lobe disease. 
B)  includes the finding that selective adaptation to a sound makes people less responsive to it. 
C)  is not supported by the finding that brain damage to speech areas of the brain can selectively impair speech perception.
D both is supported by studies of temporal lobe disease and includes the finding that selective adaptation . to a sound makes people less responsive to it. 
A)  is supported by studies of temporal lobe disease. 
B)  includes the finding that selective adaptation to a sound makes people less responsive to it. 
C)  is not supported by the finding that brain damage to speech areas of the brain can selectively impair speech perception.
D both is supported by studies of temporal lobe disease and includes the finding that selective adaptation . to a sound makes people less responsive to it.

Question 10

Evidence for single cells in the human brain that act as feature detectors for speech comes from

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A)  brain-imaging studies of the auditory cortex. 
B)  lesions of Wernicke's area. 
C)  phonagnosia. 
D)  monkey brains. 
A)  brain-imaging studies of the auditory cortex. 
B)  lesions of Wernicke's area. 
C)  phonagnosia. 
D)  monkey brains.

Question 11

The notion that speech perception is more than the auditory system's frequency analysis is supported by the fact that

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A)  different individuals can all be readily understood. 
B)  sounds with different sound spectrograms are perceived differently. 
C)  temporal lobe damage to the dominant brain hemisphere impairs perception much more for speech than
Nonspeech sounds. 
D) both different individuals can all be readily understood and temporal lobe damage to the dominant brain
) hemisphere impairs perception much more for speech than nonspeech sounds. 
A)  different individuals can all be readily understood. 
B)  sounds with different sound spectrograms are perceived differently. 
C)  temporal lobe damage to the dominant brain hemisphere impairs perception much more for speech than
Nonspeech sounds. 
D) both different individuals can all be readily understood and temporal lobe damage to the dominant brain
) hemisphere impairs perception much more for speech than nonspeech sounds.

Question 12

Speech sounds are

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A)  fundamentally different from nonspeech sounds. 
B)  fundamentally the same as nonspeech sounds. 
C)  processed differently by the inner ear than nonspeech sounds are. 
D)  processed the same by the brain as nonspeech sounds are. 
A)  fundamentally different from nonspeech sounds. 
B)  fundamentally the same as nonspeech sounds. 
C)  processed differently by the inner ear than nonspeech sounds are. 
D)  processed the same by the brain as nonspeech sounds are.

Question 13

Pitch height refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  perceiving middle C and C one octave higher as being the same. 
B)  perceiving middle C as lower in pitch than C one octave higher. 
C)  perceiving middle C as the same when played on different musical instruments. 
D)  perceiving middle C as different when played on different musical instruments. 
A)  perceiving middle C and C one octave higher as being the same. 
B)  perceiving middle C as lower in pitch than C one octave higher. 
C)  perceiving middle C as the same when played on different musical instruments. 
D)  perceiving middle C as different when played on different musical instruments.

Question 14

A speaker's auditory face includes

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A)  semantics 
B)  mood. 
C)  pitch. 
D)  timbre. 
A)  semantics 
B)  mood. 
C)  pitch. 
D)  timbre.

Question 15

When someone listens to a piece of music from a completely unfamiliar musical tradition

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A)  the person can appreciate its emotional content. 
B)  the person cannot appreciate its emotional content. 
C)  the person can appreciate its emotional content once the piece has been played several times. 
D)  the person can appreciate its emotional content only after hearing many examples from that musical tradition. 
A)  the person can appreciate its emotional content. 
B)  the person cannot appreciate its emotional content. 
C)  the person can appreciate its emotional content once the piece has been played several times. 
D)  the person can appreciate its emotional content only after hearing many examples from that musical tradition.

Question 16

The smallest possible sound that can change the meaning of an utterance is referred to as a

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A)  neurogram. 
B)  spectrogram. 
C)  phoneme. 
D)  none of these 
A)  neurogram. 
B)  spectrogram. 
C)  phoneme. 
D)  none of these

Question 17

Discuss neurophysiological and imaging research on humans and on nonhuman primates aimed at finding feature detectors in the human brain.

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Neurophysiological and imaging research

Question 18

Disfluent speech is

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A)  harder to comprehend than fluent speech. 
B)  as easy to comprehend as fluent speech. 
C)  easier to comprehend than fluent speech. 
D)  amusing. 
A)  harder to comprehend than fluent speech. 
B)  as easy to comprehend as fluent speech. 
C)  easier to comprehend than fluent speech. 
D)  amusing.

Question 19

One theory for the origin of the emotional content of music is that

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A)  brisk tempos convey joy; slow tempos convey happiness. 
B)  loud music conveys anger; quiet music conveys sadness. 
C)  minor keys convey negative emotions; major keys convey positive emotions. 
D)  it reflects the characteristics of the human voice. 
A)  brisk tempos convey joy; slow tempos convey happiness. 
B)  loud music conveys anger; quiet music conveys sadness. 
C)  minor keys convey negative emotions; major keys convey positive emotions. 
D)  it reflects the characteristics of the human voice.

Question 20

Melodies appear to be identified by

Accepted Answer

A)  the absolute size of the pitch interval between notes. 
B)  the relative size of the pitch interval between notes. 
C)  the overall pitch contour of the melody. 
D)  all of these 
A)  the absolute size of the pitch interval between notes. 
B)  the relative size of the pitch interval between notes. 
C)  the overall pitch contour of the melody. 
D)  all of these

The area of the brain specialized for processing speech sounds is

Pitch chroma refers to

Imagining speech sounds activates

Human speech is thought to have emerged about

Absolute pitch

A deficit in identifying a speaker is called

An example of auditory constancy is

Pitch constancy is

The notion that there are feature detectors in the auditory nervous system

Evidence for single cells in the human brain that act as feature detectors for speech comes from

The notion that speech perception is more than the auditory system's frequency analysis is supported by the fact that

Speech sounds are

Pitch height refers to

A speaker's auditory face includes

When someone listens to a piece of music from a completely unfamiliar musical tradition

The smallest possible sound that can change the meaning of an utterance is referred to as a

Discuss neurophysiological and imaging research on humans and on nonhuman primates aimed at finding feature detectors in the human brain.

Disfluent speech is

One theory for the origin of the emotional content of music is that

Melodies appear to be identified by

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The Human Eye

The Eye and Seeing

Central Visual Pathways

Spatial Vision and Patten Perception

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Exam 12: Speech and Music Perception

The area of the brain specialized for processing speech sounds is

Pitch chroma refers to

Imagining speech sounds activates

Human speech is thought to have emerged about

Absolute pitch

A deficit in identifying a speaker is called

An example of auditory constancy is

Pitch constancy is

The notion that there are feature detectors in the auditory nervous system

Evidence for single cells in the human brain that act as feature detectors for speech comes from

The notion that speech perception is more than the auditory system's frequency analysis is supported by the fact that

Speech sounds are

Pitch height refers to

A speaker's auditory face includes

When someone listens to a piece of music from a completely unfamiliar musical tradition

The smallest possible sound that can change the meaning of an utterance is referred to as a

Discuss neurophysiological and imaging research on humans and on nonhuman primates aimed at finding feature detectors in the human brain.

Disfluent speech is

One theory for the origin of the emotional content of music is that

Melodies appear to be identified by

Introduction to Perception

The Human Eye

The Eye and Seeing

Central Visual Pathways

Spatial Vision and Patten Perception

Object Perception: Recognizing the Things We See

Color Perception

Seeing a Three-Dimensional World

Action and the Perception of Events

The Ear and Auditory System

Hearing and Listening

Touch

Chemical Senses L: Smell

Chemical Senses Ll: Taste

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