PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Low Frequency, Hair Cell, Cochlea
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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to heat it, does it still make a sound? . Sound, is it strictly the produce of an external stimulus or a result of our own sensory processing. A falling tree would produce sound waves, and the auditory system translates sound waves form vibrating objects into the psychological experience of audition. Does produce sound waves, but they don"t make sound unless an auditory system is present to translate those waves into the perceptual experience of audition. Unit 2: the auditory mechanisms of different species. Species differ in range of frequencies that they can detect: ex. Dog whistle doesn"t produce audible sound to your own ears, but get a dogs attention: produces a sound at high frequency beyond the range of human ears, but well within the range of the dog"s auditory system.
