Describe how the organ of Corti transduces sound waves into electrical potentials
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Hair cells are anchored to the basilar membrane. Cilia that project from the inner hair cells are moved by currents produced when the basilar membrane moves relative to the overlying tectorial membrane. The cilia of a hair cell are interconnected by tip links and as these move, the attachment points of the adjacent cilia open a channel to potassium (and calcium), which creates a receptor potential.
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According to the chapter I'm Warning You, what did they find in study 2?
(a) for a low cost task, participants were more likely to follow instructions if a confederate modeled the behavior (b) high cost and low cost tasks were performed equally, only modeling changed the participants' behavior (c) participants were most likely to follow directions in a high costtask (d) obedience to authority was lower than obedience to a written order
In the educational teaching method ___________, children work together in groups to achieve a common goal
a. assisted discovery c. reciprocal teaching b. cooperative learning d. the zone of proximal development