You Are Studying a Plant from the Amazon Rain Forest

question 28

Multiple Choice

You are studying a plant from the Amazon rain forest that shows strong self-incompatibility. To characterize this reproductive mechanism, you would look for

• A) ribonuclease (RNAase) activity in stigma cells.
• B) RNA in the plants.
• C) pollen grains with very thick walls.
• D) carpels that cannot produce eggs by meiosis.
• E) systems of wind, but not insect, pollination.

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Definitions:

Postdecisional Dissonance

A feeling of regret or anxiety after making a decision, questioning if the right choice was made.

Mere Exposure Effect

A psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort experienced by a person who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time.

Explicit Attitudes

Attitudes that are consciously acknowledged and easily reported by the individual.