One Indication That There Is a Problem of Grade Inflation

question 52

Multiple Choice

One indication that there is a problem of grade inflation is the fact that almost half of all grades given to today's high school students are

• A)A's.
• B)B's.
• C)C's.
• D)D's.

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Definitions:

Otto Loewi

Otto Loewi was an Austrian-German pharmacologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1936 for his discovery of the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.

Neurotransmitter

Chemical substances that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another in the nervous system.

Receptors

Proteins found inside or on the cell surface that respond to specific chemical signals by initiating a cellular response.

Inhibitory Synapses

These are the connections between neurons that decrease the likelihood of the recipient neuron firing an action potential.