A Space Explorer Has Discovered Life Forms on an Alien

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Multiple Choice

A space explorer has discovered life forms on an alien planet that can communicate, but the explorer decides the aliens don't really have a true language.This is because the alien's communication system lacks a set of rules collectively known as:

• A)pragmatics
• B)phonology
• C)heuristics
• D)grammar

Identify how hunger and eating are regulated by hormonal and neurobiological mechanisms.

Explain the impact of genetics and environment on obesity.

Understand the concepts of body image and societal influences on perceptions of attractiveness.

Describe how sexual behavior and motivations vary among individuals.

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Definitions:

Imitation

The action of using someone or something as a model and attempting to replicate their behavior or actions.

Accommodation

In psychology, a cognitive process that adjusts mental schemes to incorporate new information; in eyesight, the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus on objects at various distances.

Mirror Neurons

A type of brain cell that fires both when an individual acts and when the individual observes the same action performed by another, playing a role in learning and empathy.

Activated

Made active or operational; also refers to the process of a molecule being converted into a reactive form.