NAME: _____________________________________________

After reading the following book, print and answer this quiz. Quiz due June 1, 2007.

David Huron (2006). Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.

Answer the following questions:

1. Which of the following responses belong to the post-event epoch? (Circle all that apply.)
   • Imaginative response
   • Tension response
   • Predictive response
   • Reactive response
   • Appraisal response
   
   
   
2. According to Huron, what do awe, laughter, and frisson ("chills") all share in common?
   • importance of social context
   • varieties of fear response
   • all involve the thalamus
   • all evoke high arousal
   
   
   
3. What do psychologists call "preference for the familiar"?
   • repetition effect
   • mere exposure effect
   • familiarity effect
   • Baldwin effect
   
   
   
4. Why does Huron think that the cadential tonic pitch sounds nice?
   • because the tonic is the most stable pitch
   • because the tonic evokes closure
   • because the cadential tonic is so predictable
   • because the tonic evokes contrastive valence
   
   
   
5. What purpose do "drum fills" serve?
   • they increase the predictability of the hypermetric downbeat
   • they add rhythmic variety
   • they add tension
   • they facilitate ensemble synchronization
   
   
   
6. In distinguishing reggae from baroque harmony, what feature does Huron focus on?
   • the IV-V and V-IV progressions
   • the tendency for baroque music to use more minor chords
   • the tendency for reggae harmonies to occur on the off-beats
   • the absence of modulation in reggae
   
   
   
7. Which of the following does Huron claim evoke pleasure? (Circle all that apply.)
   • the prediction effect
   • contrastive valence
   • surprise
   • anticipation

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