Psychoacoustics (questions and answers) already passed

Psychoacoustics (questions and
answers) already passed

Psychoacoustics - correct answer ✔✔The study of how humans perceive the acoustic properties
of sound

- How we listen

- Our psychological responses

- Physiological impact of music, speech and sound on our bodies



Pitch - correct answer ✔✔Psychological correlate of frequency



True - correct answer ✔✔T/F: A doubling of frequency does not directly double the perceived
pitch



Intensity

- increasing intensity results in increased pitch for high freq

- increasing intensity results in decreased pitch for low freq - correct answer ✔✔pitch varies
with



Pitch - correct answer ✔✔What is generally not noticeable under anything other than
laboratory conditions?



Temporal integration - correct answer ✔✔The ability of the individual to summate/integrate the
acoustic energy over time

- describes how the threshold of audibility for a sound changes with the duration of the sound

- forms some of the research behind the technique for testing hearing thresholds