A Child Who Was Not Given Milk to Drink Began

question 123

Multiple Choice

A child who was not given milk to drink began to eat chalk from the blackboard in his room to replace the missing calcium.This behavior is an example of:

• A) self-regulation.
• B) incentives.
• C) a positive feedback system.
• D) homeostasis.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

A psychological strategy unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, feelings, or desires are unconsciously excluded from consciousness.

Identical Twin

Identical twin refers to two individuals who have developed from a single fertilized egg, sharing the same genetic material and typically, but not exclusively, similar physical traits and characteristics.

Fraternal Twin

Siblings born at the same time to the same mother but developed from separate eggs fertilized by different sperm cells, making them genetically distinct.