Organic Compounds That Form the Basis of Fatty Tissue of Animals

question 380

Multiple Choice

Organic compounds that form the basis of fatty tissue of animals, including humans, and are also found in some plant materials are ______.

• A) fats
• B) amino acids
• C) carbohydrates
• D) hydrocarbons

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Definitions:

Preferred Activity

An activity that an individual chooses or prefers over other options, often used in reinforcement learning and behavior modification strategies.

Response Deprivation Theory

A theory suggesting that a behavior can become reinforcing when access to that behavior is restricted below its baseline level of occurrence.

Baseline Occurrence

The rate at which a behavior occurs before any intervention or conditioning is applied.

Probability-Differential Theory

The idea that an activity will have reinforcing properties when its probability of occurrence is greater than that of the reinforced activity.