PSYC 1101 Quiz: Quiz 7 Review Notes

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1101
• Professor: Cyterski

Document Summary

A musician is walking home alone late one night and is startled when a dog in a yard to his left barks unexpectedly. Respond to each of the following regarding the musician"s ability to hear the bark. (9pts) Trace the path that the sound waves travel as they enter the ear and proceed to the receptor cells for hearing. Trace the path that the neural impulses created by the bark travel from the receptor cells into the brain. Using two theories of pitch perception, explain how the brain might process the pitch of the dog"s bark. Explain how the musician would know that the bark originated to his left even without seeing the dog. Where the vibration membrane transmits vibration to the inner ear: the vibration channeled into the cochlea. Where the cochlea focuses the vibration on the basilar membrane. The basilar membrane meaning a sound wave causes a hair cell to vibrate, and causes the neuron becomes excited.