Activity for the book My Psychology

Chapter App 3.3 Audition

Use your experience with the app in Chapter App: 3.3 Audition or view this video overview to answer the questions.

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The Mimi Hearing Test works by playing a variety of beeps at varying vibration frequencies. These changes in frequency affect how high or low a sound is. The frequency of a sound wave is also known as its .
Draymond is 15-years old. He and his 45-year old father both decide to take the Mimi Hearing Test. Assuming that each of their scores are average for their age group, which pitch range would Draymond most likely be better at hearing compared to his father?
The Mimi Hearing Test assesses the users ability to hear sounds at different pitches. There are two prominent theories to explain how the ear and brain perceive pitch. Which theory suggests that pitch perception is based on the nerve impulses that travel through the auditory nerve?
Gwen takes the Mimi Hearing Test and finds that she has slight hearing loss in her left ear. The resulting imbalance in hearing will likely affect Gwen’s ability to accurately perceive the location from which sounds originate. This ability is known as .
The process of hearing begins when sound reaches the ear’s pinna, hits the surface of the tympanic membrane, and is then amplified by the ossicles and the oval window membrane. Which other structure does sound pass through just before it is sent via the auditory nerve to the brain?