Question 31 1 / 1 pts What is being plotted in the graph below?      Equal frequency curves     Equal sound level curves     Auditory response curves     Equal-loudness curves     Psychoacoustic threshold curves     Question 32 0 / 1 pts Which of the following does not contribute to sound localization?    Cone of confusion     Interaural level difference     Lateral superior olives     Interaural time difference     All of the answers are correct     UnansweredQuestion 33 0 / 1 pts The figure below illustrates the phenomenon of      threshold tuning

Question 31

1 / 1 pts

What is being plotted in the graph below?
 

Equal frequency curves

Equal sound level curves

Auditory response curves

 Correct!  

Equal-loudness curves

Psychoacoustic threshold curves

Question 32

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Which of the following does not contribute to sound localization?

Correct answer  

Cone of confusion

Interaural level difference

Lateral superior olives

 You Answered  

Interaural time difference

All of the answers are correct
 

UnansweredQuestion 33

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The figure below illustrates the phenomenon of
 

threshold tuning.

rate saturation.

spontaneous firing.

None of the other answers are correct

 Correct answer  

phase locking.

Question 34

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The figure below shows _______ of sounds.
 

frequencies

graphs

vocalization plots

articulations

 Correct!  

spectrograms

Question 35

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Neurons that are sensitive to intensity differences between the two ears can be found in the

brain stem.

 Correct!  

lateral superior olives.

cochlear muscles.

ossicles.

medial superior olives.

Question 36

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_______ are chemicals released by the body that block the release or uptake of neurotransmitters necessary to transmit pain sensations to the brain.

Correct!  

Endogenous opiates

Touch neurotransmitters

Corticosteroids

Heterogeneous fibers

Hyperalgesics

Question 37

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The theory that states that “speech is special” is called the _______ theory.

special speech

speech perception

speech-specific

 Correct!  

motor

melodic inference

Question 38

1 / 1 pts

Nociceptors transmit information about

muscular pain.

any stimuli that touch the skin.

 Correct!  

noxious or painful stimuli.

hot or cold stimuli.

body position.

Question 39

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The shapes of each function depicted in the four graphs determines the ______ of each the four sounds.
 

white noise

notes

 Correct!  

timbre

threshold

pitch

Question 40

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Mechanoreceptors that have a slow adaptation rate and small receptive field size are called

Correct!  

Merkel cell neurite complexes.

None of the other answers has a slow adaptation rate and small receptive field size.

Meissner corpuscles.

Ruffini endings.

Pacinian corpuscles.