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Chapter 5
Hearing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amplitude | height of wave and perceive as loudness of sound; measure in decibels |
| frequency | # of waves per second and perceive as pitch; measure in hertz |
| pinna | directs sound to the auditory canal & ear drum |
| eardrum | vibrates the ossicles |
| ossicles | hammer, anvil, & stirrup |
| hair like receptor cells | transform physical energy to electrochemical energy |
| frequency theory | higher frequencies produce higher rates of neural firing |
| place theory | different frequencies activates different places along the basilar membrane |
| retinal disparity | different images receive by each retina |
| stereoscoptic vison | the process that registers depth on the basis of retinal disparity |