According to the Text, How Do Low Life Expectancy and High

question 126

Multiple Choice

According to the text, how do low life expectancy and high infant mortality impact people's emotions?

• A)People invest more emotionally in their babies because they are more likely to live.
• B)People invest less emotionally in their babies because they are more likely to live.
• C)People invest more emotionally in their babies because they are more likely to die.
• D)People invest less emotionally in their babies because they are more likely to die.

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Definitions:

Settling Point

A theory suggesting that body weight is regulated around a genetically predetermined 'set point', but environmental factors can change this point over time.

Plasticity

The capacity of the brain to change and adapt in response to experience, environment, or injury.

Sweet Tastes

The sensory experience perceived by taste receptors on the tongue in response to the presence of sugar or other sweet substances.

Salty Tastes

A basic taste sensation experienced when sodium ions are present in the food or substance being consumed.