Thad returns home from class on a hot summer’s evening, turns on the air conditioner full blast, and sits down to watch television. his roommate sean returns home an hour later and wonders how thad can hear the television above the loud noise of the air conditioner. thad remarks that he doesn’t even notice the sound. which process causes the air conditioner to seem louder to sean than to thad?
a) perception
b) sensation
c) transduction
d) sensory adaptation

Congress is controlled by the democrats. president yaeger, a republican, takes several actions that are opposed by the democrats in congress. first, the president introduces a new budget that cuts most of the government's social programs and gives tax breaks to the wealthy. next, president yaeger negotiates a trade treaty with a nation accused of human rights abuses. then, the president gives pardons to three republican senators who have been convicted of crimes.