Identify an animal that is microsmatic, and briefly describe what that means, using a person for comparison.

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Answers will vary. A sample answer follows. Pigs are macrosmatic, meaning they rely heavily on smell for survival. Pigs have much more powerful smelling ability and many more olfactory receptor neurons than humans, who are microsmatic and rely more on other senses than on smell. Because they are macrosmatic, pigs can be trained to find truffles underground.

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What is the main reason we tend to make attributions about the causes of events, others' behavior, and our own behavior?

a. We have a strong need to understand our experiences. b. Attribution making was selected for at some point in our ancestral past. c. We have an unconscious urge to psychoanalyze the behavior of others. d. Having access to information about others tends to fulfill our need for power.

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The area of the brain that contains both a feeding center and the satiety center is the __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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George is partially colorblind yet his sister is not, but her sons are partially colorblind. These family traits are best described by which of the following statements?

a. Partial color blindness occurs only in men. b. The gene responsible for partial color blindness has nothing to do with gender. c. George's and his sister's eye color chromosomes are different. d. Partial color blindness is a sex-linked trait that affects mostly males.

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