SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
HEARING
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Place Theory
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Frequency Theory
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Signal Detection Theory
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Gate-Control Theory
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Detailed explanation-1: -The frequency theory of hearing proposes that whatever the pitch of a sound wave, nerve impulses of a corresponding frequency will be sent to the auditory nerve. For example, a tone measuring 600 hertz will be transduced into 600 nerve impulses a second.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most psychologists agree that hearing sound stimuli at low frequencies is accounted to the frequency theory, whereas those at high frequencies are attributed to the place principle. Sound stimuli in mid frequencies are believed to be rightfully accounted to both hearing theories.
Detailed explanation-3: -Currently there are two overlapping theories of how we hear; the place theory of hearing and the temporal theory of hearing.
Detailed explanation-4: -Place theory is a theory of hearing that states that our perception of sound depends on where each component frequency produces vibrations along the basilar membrane.
Detailed explanation-5: -Also called telephone theory. [ proposed in 1886 by William Rutherford (1839–1899), British physiologist]