If a Particular Food Causes Sickness, or Simply Precedes Sickness

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Multiple Choice

If a particular food causes sickness, or simply precedes sickness caused by something else, which of the following may result?

• A)an acquired anorexia
• B)a learned taste aversion
• C)a psychosomatic illness
• D)a hypochondrial illness

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Definitions:

Second Law

The Second Law often refers to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that the total entropy, or disorder, of an isolated system can never decrease over time.

Total Entropy

A measure of the disorder or randomness in a system, with systems tending towards higher entropy state over time according to the second law of thermodynamics.

Thermodynamics

The branch of physics that deals with heat, work, and the forms of energy transfer and transformation.

Decreasing

A process or trend involving reduction in size, number, value, or intensity over time.