PSYC 450 CHAPTER 13 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLULTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Sequence of pitches perceived as belonging together. - Answers Melody
When you play more than one note at a time. - Answers Harmony
A pleasant combination of notes that sound good/correct together. - Answers Consonance
An unpleasant combination of notes that sound as if they don't belong together or something is
missing. - Answers Dissonance
Songs played in the major key often have more consonant notes. People report that these songs
sound more positive and have a more happy/peaceful experience. - Answers Major key
Songs played in the minor key often have more dissonant notes. People report that these songs sound
more negative. - Answers Minor key
Equally spaced intervals of time. Constant and underlying tempo. - Answers Beat
The time pattern of durations created by notes. The pattern created by notes that have different
durations. - Answers Rhythm
The organization of beats into bars or measures. Describes how we group beats together. - Answers
Meter
Spaces between notes/changes in pitch. Tend to be small in a melody-the notes tend to be close
together and there are no big jumps between the pitches of notes. - Answers Intervals
The smallest interval between two notes in Western music. - Answers Semitones
Occurs when the next note comes back in and fills the gap that was created by a large interval. Helps
make the music sound more cohesive. - Answers Gap fill
Perceived segments like phrases in language. Tend to be separated by (1) longer pauses, (2) larger
intervals, and (3) longer notes at the end. - Answers Phrases
-Contain mostly small pitch intervals.
-Large pitch changes tend to go up.
Smaller pitch changes are likely to go down.
-Downward pitch change often follows a large upward change.
-Contain mostly tones that fit the tonality.
-There is a tendency to return to the tonic at the end of a section. - Answers Common characteristics
of melodies
-Large time intervals between the end of one and the beginning of the next.
-Large pitch intervals between, compared to within. - Answers Common characteristics of phrases
The key of a piece of music. The notes around which all the other notes are organized. Creates
expectations about what notes we expect to hear. - Answers Tonic
When a song begins and ends with the tonic. Gives a sense of closure to the song. Creates a
framework of expectations. - Answers Return to the tonic
Participant is producing whatever they think the next note will be. This task shows that we have
unconscious knowledge/expectations about how a song is going to end. - Answers Cloze probability
task
A _____ is a pattern of notes that are perceived as belonging together.
a. Melody.
b. Rhythm.
c. Meter.
d. Beat. - Answers a. Melody.
Music can contribute to the development of social relationships and social groups, demonstrating the
_____ function of music.
a. Cognitive.
b. Evolutionary.
c. Harmonic.
d. Perceptual. - Answers b. Evolutionary.
Music activates a network of brain areas. Match each brain area to its music-related role.
Prefrontal cortex
Cerebellum
Auditory cortex
Hippocampus
a. Music-related memories.
b. Expectations about what will happen in a song.
Sequence of pitches perceived as belonging together. - Answers Melody
When you play more than one note at a time. - Answers Harmony
A pleasant combination of notes that sound good/correct together. - Answers Consonance
An unpleasant combination of notes that sound as if they don't belong together or something is
missing. - Answers Dissonance
Songs played in the major key often have more consonant notes. People report that these songs
sound more positive and have a more happy/peaceful experience. - Answers Major key
Songs played in the minor key often have more dissonant notes. People report that these songs sound
more negative. - Answers Minor key
Equally spaced intervals of time. Constant and underlying tempo. - Answers Beat
The time pattern of durations created by notes. The pattern created by notes that have different
durations. - Answers Rhythm
The organization of beats into bars or measures. Describes how we group beats together. - Answers
Meter
Spaces between notes/changes in pitch. Tend to be small in a melody-the notes tend to be close
together and there are no big jumps between the pitches of notes. - Answers Intervals
The smallest interval between two notes in Western music. - Answers Semitones
Occurs when the next note comes back in and fills the gap that was created by a large interval. Helps
make the music sound more cohesive. - Answers Gap fill
Perceived segments like phrases in language. Tend to be separated by (1) longer pauses, (2) larger
intervals, and (3) longer notes at the end. - Answers Phrases
-Contain mostly small pitch intervals.
-Large pitch changes tend to go up.
Smaller pitch changes are likely to go down.
-Downward pitch change often follows a large upward change.
-Contain mostly tones that fit the tonality.
-There is a tendency to return to the tonic at the end of a section. - Answers Common characteristics
of melodies
-Large time intervals between the end of one and the beginning of the next.
-Large pitch intervals between, compared to within. - Answers Common characteristics of phrases
The key of a piece of music. The notes around which all the other notes are organized. Creates
expectations about what notes we expect to hear. - Answers Tonic
When a song begins and ends with the tonic. Gives a sense of closure to the song. Creates a
framework of expectations. - Answers Return to the tonic
Participant is producing whatever they think the next note will be. This task shows that we have
unconscious knowledge/expectations about how a song is going to end. - Answers Cloze probability
task
A _____ is a pattern of notes that are perceived as belonging together.
a. Melody.
b. Rhythm.
c. Meter.
d. Beat. - Answers a. Melody.
Music can contribute to the development of social relationships and social groups, demonstrating the
_____ function of music.
a. Cognitive.
b. Evolutionary.
c. Harmonic.
d. Perceptual. - Answers b. Evolutionary.
Music activates a network of brain areas. Match each brain area to its music-related role.
Prefrontal cortex
Cerebellum
Auditory cortex
Hippocampus
a. Music-related memories.
b. Expectations about what will happen in a song.
