What Do Paracrine Cells Target

question 91

Multiple Choice

What do paracrine cells target?

• A) nearby but different types of cells
• B) distant tissues
• C) cells using neurotransmitters
• D) the same cell or cell type.

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Definitions:

Social Contagion

The spread of ideas, attitudes, or behaviors through a group or society via social influence, similar to the transmission of infectious diseases.

Informational Influence

The effect on an individual's behavior or opinions due to the desire to be correct, often resulting from the acceptance of information from others as evidence about reality.

Injunctive Norms

Societal rules and guidelines that dictate what behaviors are perceived as approved or disapproved by a social group.

Descriptive Norm

The perception of what is commonly done or typical behavior within a specific context or group.