When your body falls below its ideal level for body temperature, it will automatically begin to shiver in order to raise your temperature and bring your body back into
a. optimum potential level.
b. thermostatic potential.
c. homeostasis.
d. incentive levels.
ANSWER: c
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a. in India, when a sonogram shows that the fetus is female, mothers often request an abortion. b. in China, girls are favored, so that there are many more girls than boys in the current population. c. boys are favored in Asia, but girls are favored in Latin America and the Middle East. d. parents' preferences about gender are remarkably similar in all cultures studied so far.
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a. central traits b. secondary traits c. cardinal traits d. source traits
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a. specific nerve cells called glial cells b. an intricate system of sensory nerve endings c. the primary motor cortex to control motor movement d. electrical activity in its basic processes
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A) proximodistal B) cephalocaudal C) dorsal striatal D) ventral medial