Shivering to Try to Raise Your Body Temperature Back to Normal

Question

Shivering to try to raise your body temperature back to normal would be an example of:
A)the body trying to maintain homeostasis.
B)a positive-feedback mechanism.
C)a negative-feedback mechanism.
D)both A and C.

Accepted Answer

Shivering to raise body temperature is an example of the body trying to maintain homeostasis (A) through a negative feedback mechanism (C), where the body reacts to a decrease in temperature by generating heat to return to its set point.