A Default Assumption of the Auditory System Appears to Be

question 19

Multiple Choice

A default assumption of the auditory system appears to be that:

• A) Sounds come from straight ahead
• B) Different sounds come from different locations
• C) Sounds come from a single source
• D) Higher frequencies are more salient

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Physical Mechanisms

Processes or functions within a physical system that bring about a particular outcome or effect.

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That process of thinking that proceeds from premises describing interpersonally verifiable experiences in order to support or to disconfirm hypotheses, which, in turn, are intended to explain and predict phenomena. Empirical reasoning is fundamentally inductive, self-corrective, and open to scrutiny and independent verification by the entire scientific community.

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