Question 5

(Multiple Choice)

Female domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) are able to detect lower quantities of the boar pheromone, 16-androsterone, than are males. This illustrates best the way in which hormones influence behavior by means of their effect on


A) muscles and motor neurons.
B) changes in social preference.
C) sensory or perceptual mechanisms.
D) the central nervous system.

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