The "Top-Down" Approach to Creating Artificial Life Starts

question 100

Multiple Choice

The "top-down" approach to creating artificial life starts

• A) in the laboratory with the raw ingredients of life, and seeks to reproduce life in much the same way that it presumably originated billions of years ago
• B) with a complex organism and then removes cells that are not absolutely necessary
• C) with existing organisms and genetically strips them down, then tries to rebuild them into new species
• D) with animal cells and attempts to clone them

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Definitions:

Autonomic Arousal

The activation of the autonomic nervous system, which can result in physiological responses such as increased heart rate or sweating.

Emotional Experiences

Intense feelings that are a response to internal or external events, often affecting mood and behavior.

Sympathetic Nervous System

part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for action, often referred to as the "fight or flight" response system.

Schachter And Singer Theory

A psychological theory suggesting that emotions are determined by physiological arousal and cognitive labeling of the arousal based on environmental cues.