Deck 22: Music Therapy

Question 1

While music therapy dates back to ancient Greece, the use of music with which of the following populations of people gave music therapy professional credence in the 20th century?

A) Alzheimer's patients
B) World War I veterans
C) World War II veterans
D) AIDS patients
E) Tuberculosis patients

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Sounds above this level are known to cause damage to the human ear.

A) 100 dB
B) 110 dB
C) 120 dB
D) 130 dB

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Tinnitus refers to:

A) ringing in the ears.
B) disturbances in the energy field.
C) the harmony of music.
D) the tonal quality of music.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Tone color comes from which quality of music?

A) Timbre
B) Harmony
C) Rhythm
D) Pitch

Question 5

With regard to music therapy, the Dominant Rhythm Style (DRS) refers to:

A) the beat of the heart.
B) entrainment of the human energy field.
C) the Schumann Resonance.
D) the conversion of sound waves to neural impulses.

Question 6

According to Dr. John Diamond, this aspect of music therapy has an addictive quality and may cause harm to the body.

A) The Schumann Resonance
B) Essentic forms
C) Anapestic beat
D) ELF

Question 7

According to the entrainment theory, this vibration is the frequency of human homeostasis.

A) 5 dB
B) 7.8 Hz
C) 5.2 Hz
D) 1 dB

Question 8

This theory suggests that music affects emotions through the human energy field.

A) The biochemical theory
B) The resonance theory
C) The entrainment theory
D) The metaphysical theory

Question 9

According to some, this factor, more than the others, seems to be the most important regarding the soothing effect of music on the body.

A) Lyrics
B) Beat
C) Category
D) Instrumentation

Question 10

Remarkable research by Dr. Dorothy Retallack revealed that:

A) chickens lay more eggs and cows produce more milk with piped-in music.
B) plants are affected by music, despite the lack of a nervous system.
C) the human body vibrates at the same oscillation as the planet Earth.
D) music at 7.8 Hz played onboard a space shuttle decreased illness.

Question 11

This well-known singer/songwriter documented the use of music therapy as a healing modality for a chronic illness.

A) Mick Jagger
B) Naomi Judd
C) Tony Bennett
D) Joan Baez
E) Dar Williams

Question 12

Which of the following is not a theory of why music is thought to be relaxing?

A) The biochemical theory
B) The Mozart theory
C) The entrainment theory
D) The metaphysical theory

Question 13

Which response was observed in people listening to the music of Mozart, hence the name, "The Mozart Effect"?

A) Remission of cancerous tumors
B) Higher SAT scores
C) Decreased biorhythms
D) Increased endorphin response

Question 14

According to musicologist H. A. Lingerman, music played on these instruments is believed to strengthen one's emotional well-being.

A) Cello and piano
B) Woodwinds and strings
C) Synthesizers and harp
D) Brass and percussion

Question 15

Singing is considered a form of music therapy.

Question 16

Singing really isn't considered to be a type or style of music therapy.

Question 17

Unlike hypertension, tinnitus can be detected without a diagnostic test, yet the loss of hearing is cumulative.

Question 18

White noise is made up of "broadband" sounds consisting of most frequencies on the audible spectrum.

Question 19

The entrainment theory of music therapy suggests that the human body is like a radio transformer, in that it receives (absorbs) as well as emits oscillations.

Question 20

Playing an instrument is a form of music therapy.

Question 21

It was found that when French monks stopped singing their Gregorian chants (the only change made to their daily schedule), they manifested several stress symptoms.

Question 22

Mozart's music was found to be very calming, but Beethoven's music was not; this is called the Mozart Effect.

Question 23

Please define the following terms or concepts in no more than two sentences, and give an example to support your definition.
A. Auditory imagery
B. Biochemical theory
C. Decibel
D. Entrainment theory
E. Essentic forms
F. Hertz
G. Metaphysical theory
H. Mozart effect
I. Music therapy
J. Perceptual quality
K. Rhythm
L. Pitch
M. Schumann resonance
N. Tone
O. Timbre
P. Tinnitus

Question 24

Explain the nature of music therapy as a relaxation technique. Describe the various theories that attempt to explain music's effects on the body and mind.

Question 25

Music is one of the most popular relaxation techniques around the world. Explain to someone who has never listened to relaxing music how they might begin to use this practice for their own personal self-care stress management program

Question 26

What response was observed in people listening to the music of Mozart, hence the name, "the Mozart effect"?

A) Remission of cancerous tumors
B) Higher SAT scores
C) Decreased biorhythms
D) Increased endorphin response

Question 27

When one hears a sound that resembles a dentist drill and immediately has a sensation of pain in the jaw, he or she has experienced:

A) therapeutic practice.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) a harmonic pattern.
D) a metaphor for healing.

Question 28

Which of the following statements about music is not true?

A) For centuries, the power of music was enjoyed only by the upper classes.
B) Medieval monarchs employed court minstrels to relieve their melancholy, depression, and fevers.
C) Plato believed that music restored the moral welfare of the nation at large.
D) Plato indicated that music restored the harmony and contentment in one's soul.

Question 29

Sound waves or oscillations are measured in _____, cycles or vibrations per second.

A) decibels
B) resonance
C) hertz
D) tonals

Question 30

Relaxing music has a calming effect when elevated body rhythms match the slower, more natural homeostatic rhythm produced by a musical composition, according to the _________ theory.

A) hertz
B) dynamic matrix
C) metaphysical
D) entrainment

Question 31

Beethoven once said, "Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world," which follows the metaphysical theory of music.

Question 32

The neurons that can alter mood or emotion when stimulated through auditory sensations are part of the limbic system.

Question 33

Music can produce stressful emotions.

Question 34

When singing is used as a relaxation technique, it is the rhythm rather than the tone that positively alters body rhythms in the form of changes in ventilation, heart rate, blood pressure, and brain waves.

Question 35

Music without lyrics (words) is thought to be the most relaxing.

Question 36

Research reveals that classical music is thought to be the most relaxing music, above all other styles.