Explain How Humans Localize Sound and Discuss How Our Ability

question 238

Essay

Explain how humans localize sound and discuss how our ability to localize sound might be affected if our ears were on the front of our face, just above our eyes.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

Counterconditioning

A classical conditioning procedure for changing the relationship between a conditioned stimulus and its conditioned response.

Classical-Conditioning Procedure

A pairing method of learning where two stimuli when frequently associated, lead to a response initially prompted by the second stimulus but subsequently by the first stimulus alone.

Conditioned Stimulus

A formerly neutral signal that, once it is linked with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately leads to eliciting a conditioned response.