The Technological Dimension of the External Environment Includes Scientific and Technological

question 21

True/False

The technological dimension of the external environment includes scientific and technological advancements in a specific industry as well as in society at large.

Understand the absorption process of nutrients and its importance in human health.

Understand the classification and role of minerals in the human body.

Understand the concepts of metabolic rate, basal metabolic rate, body mass index, and total metabolic rate.

Identify the effects of vitamin and mineral deficiencies on human health.

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Definitions:

Kitty Genovese

Kitty Genovese was a young woman whose 1964 murder in New York City became famous due to the widely reported (though later questioned) lack of intervention by numerous witnesses.

Reciprocal Altruism

A behavior in which an organism acts in a manner that temporarily reduces its fitness while increasing another organism's fitness, with the expectation that the action will be reciprocated in the future.

Reciprocity

A mutual exchange of privileges or interactions between two parties, where each party provides benefits to the other with a sense of obligation.

Pluralistic Ignorance

A type of misunderstanding that occurs when members of a group don’t realize that the other members share their perception (often, their uncertainty about how to react to a situation). As a result, each member wrongly interprets the others’ inaction as reflecting their better understanding of the situation.