COMD 5070 Exam 1 Complete Answers
The Scientific Method
Characteristics: - Empirical:
️ Based on data. - Involves collecting data and interpreting it to understand behavior; making sense of the observed
phenomena. - Deterministic:
️ Things obey physical laws. - Indicates that ...
- Involves collecting data and interpreting it to understand behavior; making sense of the observed
phenomena.
- Deterministic:
✔️ Things obey physical laws.
- Indicates that outcomes are not random but follow cause-and-effect relationships, allowing
generalizations to be made from data that can be applied to new situations.
- Predictive:
✔️ If a given phenomenon occurs, it influences another.
- Represents cause-and-effect relationships and allows predictions about future events based on
observed data.
- Parsimonious:
✔️ Uses the simplest explanation.
- Favoring straightforward explanations rather than unnecessarily complex ones.
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Why Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) Use Technology
- Overcome listener bias:
✔️ Ensures consistency and reliability of results.
, - Describe severity objectively:
✔️ Provides an accurate assessment of a client’s condition.
- Track progress over time:
✔️ Helps in demonstrating treatment efficacy and making data-informed decisions.
- ASHA’s focus on EBP (evidence-based practice):
✔️ Encourages the use of scientific evidence in clinical decision-making.
- Provide biofeedback to the client:
✔️ Enhances awareness of their own speech and improves outcomes through real-time feedback.
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Sound and Vibration
- How sound originates with vibration:
✔️ Air molecules are flexibly connected and equally spaced apart.
- When an object vibrates, it moves the closest air molecules to it, causing a chain reaction that moves
adjacent molecules. Air serves as the medium for sound, but it can also travel through other substances
like water or metal.
- Will sound travel through a vacuum?
✔️ No; sound needs a medium to travel through.
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Types of Waves
- Sine Waves:
✔️ Pure tone; simplest sound.
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