1. Know the physical measures connected with sound and be able to apply them in concrete situations. What happens when sound waves combine?

2. Know how these physical measures connect with our subjective experience.

3. Know the sequence from a pressure wave entering the auditory canal to the bending of a hair cell.

4. Consider the cases of a 27.5 Hz and a 4186 Hz sound signal (the lowest and highest note on the piano keyboard). Know how these signals affect the basilar membrane and produce hearing according to a frequency/volley explanation and the place explanations by Helmholtz and Von Bekesy.

5. What is a click-induced otoacoustic emission? How does this happen? How can we use this emission to diagnose hearing loss? What is a spontaneous otoacoustic emission? What do these otoacoustic emissions tell us about the basilar membrane?

6. What is an audibility function? How is it produced? Know the general shape of the function. What does this tell us about hearing? What does this tell us about producing a psychological scale of "loudness"?

7. What is an equal loudness contour? (Don't forget to be able to label/explain the axes). How are they produced? Know the general shape of these functions. Functionally, what does these contours tell us about hearing?

8. What is an equal pitch contour? (Don't forget to label/explain the axes). Know the general shapes of these contours. How are they produced? Functionally, what do these contours tell us about hearing?

9. What is the relationship between equal pitch contours and the Doppler illusion?

10. Know how interaural intensity differences contribute to localization of sounds. Does this work with all frequencies?

11. Know how interaural time differences contribute to localization of sounds. Does this work with alll frequencies? Explain why or why not.

12. Know why someone would have difficulty discriminating between a sound located at 0 and at 180 degrees. Explain why moving your head makes localizing a sound easier.

13. The duplex theory of sound localization was tested in an experiment by Stevens and Newman. What do the results suggest for human hearing?

14. What is the missing fundamental effect and why is it important?

15. The psychological scale for musical notes has the shape of a helix. Know what that shape means and why it has that shape.

16. A "Shepard note" was designed by Roger Shepard to have a peculiar property. Explain the structure of a Shepard note. What is the musical illusion that Shepard notes produce?

17. What happens when you have sight and hearing in conflict? Which one "wins"?