Describe how negative feedback, positive feedback, and feedforward are similar and dissimilar when it comes to homeostatic mechanisms.

What will be an ideal response?


Negative feedback decreases the intensity of response, e.g., protects the body by lowering temperature; positive feedback increases the intensity of response, e.g., childbirth; feedforward slightly increases the intensity of response prior to an event, e.g., stress hormones prior to an exam.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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