Quiz Ch. 12-16 Flashcards
Congenital amusia refers to:
inherited deficits in music processing
The corn seed analogy teaches us that:
both nature and nurture contribute to musicality
Psychological androgyny refers to:
males who are more sensitive and females who are more self-sufficient than non-musician counterparts
A long-term personality trait dealing with nervousness is:
trait anxiety
Identities in Music refers to:
how one identifies oneself
Family has what level of influence on one’s self identity in music?
significant
Over the past thirty years, gender bias in instrument choices:
has remained the same
In the past 50 years, high school chorale singing is characterized by:
a decrease in male participation and no change in female participation
The fastest listeners can make musical choices is:
1/8th of a second
What reflects life-long musical preferences?
musical taste
The primary neural highway that connects the two hemispheres is the:
corpus callosum
During the acquisition of motor skills, what is the most important in the consolidation phase?
sleeping
What neural system is instrumental in connecting hearing and doing?
audio-motor systems
It takes appx how many hours of practice to achieve a high level of musical performance?
10,000 hours
Focal dystonia refers to:
a task specific movement disorder
Practicing in the mind is called:
mental rehearsal
Eyes moving from left to right while reading is called:
saccade
Metacognition is:
thinking about one’s own thoughts
Self-efficacy is:
the belief that one can perform well
During deliberate practice, musicians must:
structure their sessions to accomplish specific goals