PSY 2501 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Monaural, Anosmia, Otolith
11 Mar 2016
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Transducion: the conversion of one form of energy to another. External ear: the part of the ear that we readily see (the pinna) and the canal that leads to the eardrum. Pinna: the external part of the ear. Frequency: the number of cycles per seconds wave; measured in hertz (hz) Hertz (hz): cycles per second, as of an auditory simulus. Pitch: a dimension of auditory experience in which sounds vary from low to high. Fundamental: the predominant frequency of an auditory tone or a visual scene. Harmonics: muliples of a paricular frequency called the fundamental. Timbre: the characterisic sound quality of a musical instrument, as determined by the relaive intensiies of its various harmonics. Fourier analysis: the analysis of a complex patern into the sum of sine waves. Decible (db): a measure of sound intensity. Pure tone: a tone with a single frequency of vibraion. Amplitude: the force sound exerts per unit area, usually measured as dynes per square cenimeter.
