Positive Feedback Differs from Negative Feedback in That

question 31

Multiple Choice

Positive feedback differs from negative feedback in that

• A)positive feedback benefits the organism,whereas negative feedback is detrimental.
• B)the positive feedback's responses are in the same direction as the initiating stimulus rather than opposite to it.
• C)positive feedback results in increases in some parameter (such as body temperature),whereas negative feedback results only in decreases to the parameter.
• D)positive feedback systems have control centers that are lacking in negative feedback systems.

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