If All Dogs Growled Every Time a Mail Carrier Came

question 367

Multiple Choice

If all dogs growled every time a mail carrier came by, scientists might hypothesize that dogs had a(n) ________________ to growl at all mail carriers.

• A)emotion
• B)instinct
• C)learned response
• D)homeostatic reaction

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Definitions:

Electric Current

The flow of electric charge through a conductor.

Absolute Refractory

A period immediately following the transmission of an impulse in nerve or muscle in which a neuron or muscle cell cannot respond to any additional stimulus.

Period

Often refers to a length or span of time in a sequence of events or a specified interval in processes or phenomena.

Neuron

A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a basic building block of the nervous system responsible for processing and transmitting information.