What Determines Hand Preference

question 94

Multiple Choice

What determines hand preference?

• A) heredity alone
• B) experience alone
• C) heredity and experience
• D) it has not been possible to find out what determines hand preference

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Definitions:

Sense of Taste

The ability to perceive and differentiate the flavors of substances, including sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami.

Sense of Smell

The ability to detect and identify volatile substances through the olfactory system.

Place Theory

A theory in hearing that suggests different areas of the cochlea are activated by different frequencies of sound, enabling us to discern pitch.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus required to be correctly perceived by sensory systems at least 50% of the time.