Models 20 & 21

Question 1

: the sense or act of hearing

Answer 1

Audition

Question 2

: the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time (for example, per second)

Answer 2

Frequency

Question 3

: a tone’s experiences highness or lowness; depends on frequency

Answer 3

Pitch

Question 4

: the chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea’s oval widow

Answer 4

Middle ear

Question 5

: a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound wave traveling through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses

Answer 5

Cochlea

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Inner ear

Question 7

: hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea’s receptors cells or to the auditory nerves; also called nerve deafness

Answer 7

Sensorineural hearing loss

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Conduction hearing loss

Question 9

: a device for converting sound into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea

Answer 9

Cochlear implant

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Place theory

Question 11

: 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

Answer 11

Frequency theory

Question 12

: 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

Answer 12

Gate-control theory

Question 13

: the system of body movement and position, including the sense of balance

Answer 13

Kinesthesia

Question 14

: the sense of body movement and position, including the scene of balance

Answer 14

Vestibular sense

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Sensory interaction

Question 16

: in psychological science, the influence of bodily sensation, gestures, and other states on cognitive preferences and judgements

Answer 16

Embodied cognition