MUNM 333 EXAM 1 questions with
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According to the authors' assessment of the scientific evidence, which of the following is true?
(p. 25) - correct answer ✔✔All normal babies have musical aptitude and develop in a typical
way through childhood.
According to the commonly held "talent" account of musical ability, what is a key task for those
in the music profession? (p. 25) - correct answer ✔✔Identify the talented few and give them
encouragement and nurturing
After listing five conclusions of the research evidence on musical development, what implication
do the authors propose? (pp. 25-26) - correct answer ✔✔All children should be entitled to
receive a music education.
Which of the following statements is true? (p. 30)
Infants ignore caregivers' singing until the age of 6 months.
Infants pay more attention to their mothers' speaking than to their singing.
Infants pay more attention to their mothers' singing than to their speaking. - correct answer
✔✔Infants pay more attention to their mothers' singing than to their speaking.
Which of the following is not one of the ways that mothers make their infant directed singing
musical and more attention-getting for their babies? (p. 30) - correct answer ✔✔Louder volume
level
What theory was the main contribution of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget? (p. 31) - correct
answer ✔✔Children progress through a fixed sequence of stages of development.
, As far as the order in which certain musical skills emerge in people, which is true? (p. 34) -
correct answer ✔✔Spontaneity comes before control in children's music making.
Even though people are very similar to each other, what do the authors believe accounts for the
large developmental differences that exist among people? (p. 31) - correct answer
✔✔Abnormalities in social environment during childhood
Why does our civilization support so much musical activity? (p. 1) - correct answer ✔✔Music
enhances emotional life.
What point is made with the story of how a desperately sad Greek folk song sounded "rather
jolly" to the author? (p. 2) - correct answer ✔✔People's responses to music are learned.
Which of the following exemplifies the "Darling They're Playing Our Tune" Theory? (p. 2) -
correct answer ✔✔Funeral music making you feel mournful
Using the analogy of a joke, how is the cognitive stage of music listening a necessary precursor
to the affective stage? (pp. 2-3) - correct answer ✔✔You have to "get" the music before you can
be moved by it.
How does the author explain Mozart's alleged ability to memorize an entire piece of music after
hearing it only twice? (pp. 3-4) - correct answer ✔✔Because of experience, he could efficiently
remember the music in large chunks.
Which of the following is not an advantage that a trained expert musical memory has over an
untrained ordinary one? (p. 5) - correct answer ✔✔Implicit knowledge (unconscious use) of
musical rules
Which of the following is a thought that a skilled musician would have while sight-reading a
piece of music? (p. 6) - correct answer ✔✔These next 15 notes are just a C major scale, which I
can play as I usually practice it."
verified answers rated A+ 2025/2026
According to the authors' assessment of the scientific evidence, which of the following is true?
(p. 25) - correct answer ✔✔All normal babies have musical aptitude and develop in a typical
way through childhood.
According to the commonly held "talent" account of musical ability, what is a key task for those
in the music profession? (p. 25) - correct answer ✔✔Identify the talented few and give them
encouragement and nurturing
After listing five conclusions of the research evidence on musical development, what implication
do the authors propose? (pp. 25-26) - correct answer ✔✔All children should be entitled to
receive a music education.
Which of the following statements is true? (p. 30)
Infants ignore caregivers' singing until the age of 6 months.
Infants pay more attention to their mothers' speaking than to their singing.
Infants pay more attention to their mothers' singing than to their speaking. - correct answer
✔✔Infants pay more attention to their mothers' singing than to their speaking.
Which of the following is not one of the ways that mothers make their infant directed singing
musical and more attention-getting for their babies? (p. 30) - correct answer ✔✔Louder volume
level
What theory was the main contribution of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget? (p. 31) - correct
answer ✔✔Children progress through a fixed sequence of stages of development.
, As far as the order in which certain musical skills emerge in people, which is true? (p. 34) -
correct answer ✔✔Spontaneity comes before control in children's music making.
Even though people are very similar to each other, what do the authors believe accounts for the
large developmental differences that exist among people? (p. 31) - correct answer
✔✔Abnormalities in social environment during childhood
Why does our civilization support so much musical activity? (p. 1) - correct answer ✔✔Music
enhances emotional life.
What point is made with the story of how a desperately sad Greek folk song sounded "rather
jolly" to the author? (p. 2) - correct answer ✔✔People's responses to music are learned.
Which of the following exemplifies the "Darling They're Playing Our Tune" Theory? (p. 2) -
correct answer ✔✔Funeral music making you feel mournful
Using the analogy of a joke, how is the cognitive stage of music listening a necessary precursor
to the affective stage? (pp. 2-3) - correct answer ✔✔You have to "get" the music before you can
be moved by it.
How does the author explain Mozart's alleged ability to memorize an entire piece of music after
hearing it only twice? (pp. 3-4) - correct answer ✔✔Because of experience, he could efficiently
remember the music in large chunks.
Which of the following is not an advantage that a trained expert musical memory has over an
untrained ordinary one? (p. 5) - correct answer ✔✔Implicit knowledge (unconscious use) of
musical rules
Which of the following is a thought that a skilled musician would have while sight-reading a
piece of music? (p. 6) - correct answer ✔✔These next 15 notes are just a C major scale, which I
can play as I usually practice it."
