We Tend to Feel More Sadness When We Learn About

question 82

Multiple Choice

We tend to feel more sadness when we learn about one person's death on the news than we feel when we hear of thousands killed in a natural disaster.This is

• A)not true.
• B)because of personalization of the victim.
• C)due to the victims' physical distance.
• D)because we have problems thinking in large numbers.

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Definitions:

DNA Sequences

The precise ordering of nucleotides within a DNA molecule, representing the genetic information of an organism.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Introns

Non-coding sections of DNA within a gene that are removed during mRNA processing before protein synthesis.

Exons

Sections of a gene that are expressed in the coding of a protein, interspersed with introns, which are spliced out before translation.