The Environment of Human Skin Requires an Adaptation for Microbes

question 74

Multiple Choice

The environment of human skin requires an adaptation for microbes that can tolerate moderately ______ conditions.

• A) anaerobic
• B) psychrophilic
• C) alkaline
• D) halophilic
• E) thermophilic

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

Through Operant Conditioning, an individual's behavior is altered by the use of punishments or reinforcements to increase or decrease its frequency.

Insight Learning

A form of cognitive learning where the solution to a problem suddenly becomes clear without trial-and-error, often through understanding the underlying structure of the problem.

Observational Learning

A learning process through watching the behaviors of others and then imitating or modeling those behaviors.

Retention

The ability to maintain or keep information in the mind, or the act of preserving something.