Adhesins Are

question 14

Multiple Choice

Adhesins are

• A) involved in the first step of the infectious process AND are endotoxins.
• B) involved in the first step of the infectious process AND are often found at the tip of pili.
• C) often found at the tip of pili AND are endotoxins.
• D) exotoxins AND are involved in the first step of the infectious process.
• E) are exotoxins OR are endotoxins.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences, including rewards and punishments.

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive and not under conscious control, such as knee-jerk reactions.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations of the target behavior.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a stimulus or event that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.