A Listener Will Find It Difficult to Judge the Frequency

question 4

Multiple Choice

A listener will find it difficult to judge the frequency of two sequential tones if:

• A) two different-frequency captor tones are also included.
• B) two same-frequency flanker tones and a series of same-frequency captor tones are also included.
• C) several same-frequency captor tones are also included.
• D) two same-frequency flanker tones are also included.

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Definitions:

Concrete

Pertaining to material objects, physical construction, or specific, tangible ideas as opposed to abstract concepts.

Symbolic Interaction Theory

Theory that people make sense of the world based on their interpretation of words or symbols used by others.

Semantics

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning, including the relations between signs and what they denote.

Dissonance Theory

A psychological model proposing that inconsistency among beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors creates discomfort leading to an alteration in one of them to reduce the dissonance.