Attenuated Agents Are

question 26

Multiple Choice

Attenuated agents are

• A) dead viruses.
• B) toxins.
• C) weakened but replicating microbes.
• D) parts of an organism.
• E) weakened, nonreplicating microbes.

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Definitions:

Natural-Kind Concepts

Categories of objects and phenomena that occur naturally in the world, such as animals, plants, and minerals, which people universally recognize and understand.

Family Resemblance Structures

The concept that members of a category may share overlapping features without having one single characteristic that is common to all.

Necessary and Sufficient Features

Criteria or conditions that must be present for a classification or definition to apply, and alone are enough to ensure the application of that classification or definition.

Knowledge-Based Approach

A methodology that focuses on using knowledge as the primary resource for problem solving, decision making, and inference making.