Regarding the sensation of sound, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The brain determines where a sound originated by comparing the sounds received in each ear. b. The hair cells of the ear are not actual hairs.
c. The auditory cortex is located in the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex.
d. For each 10decibel increase in a sound wave's amplitude, there is a tenfold increase
in the loudness of thesound.
e. Sounds typically reach one ear before the other, with the brain able to detect a difference as small as1/10,000th of a second.
c
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a. Glucocorticoid and cortisol b. Norepinephrine and epinephrine c. Norepinephrine and glucocorticoid d. Glucocorticoid and epinephrine e. Cortisol and norepinephrine
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a. Deductive reasoning b. Discursive reasoning c. Pantheoretical reasoning d. Syllogistic Reasoning
Deena is a native of Jamaica. She is now attending public school in the United States for the
first time. Deena has been assigned to a class where the instruction is in both Spanish and English. Which one of the following approaches is being employed in Deena's class? a. Bilingual education b. Structured immersion c. English-as-a-second-language program d. Submersion