Hormones

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong1% picked this

   The amount secreted depends on the level of steroid hormones in

   Too Strong: depends Out of Support Window: steroid The concept of steroid hormones arises in the 1st paragraph, but our Support Window of text for 'vasopressin' is in the 2nd paragraph. That should make this answer very unappealing on a first pass. The passage never says that vasopressin depends on steroid levels. We are told in the 2nd paragraph that vasopressin secretion depends on whether our body has too much water or too little water in it.

   1%
2. B

   Correct78% picked this

   The amount secreted is important for maintaining homeostasis in cases of both increased

   Why this is right

   This answer doesn't trace to one specific sentence, but it reflects the Gist of the Paragraph. When we have too much water, our body wants less vasopressin in the system, so that we'll pee that water out. When we have too little water, our body wants more vasopressin in the system, so that we'll keep the water in. The idea of having "too much / too little" water is synonymous with "osmolality", so this answer is also using Callback Language to encode the concept of too much or too little water. Osmolality is the balance, the homeostasis, between body fluids, which is "achieved primarily through alternations in the intake and excretion of water and sodium". Prior to learning about vasopressin, we read: It is then that complementary physiological and behavioral responses come into play to restore plasma osmolality to normal (to equilibrium / homeostasis). So the whole discussion of vasopressin is framed by the idea that it's a physiological response that affects our behavior so that the body can restore osmolality to homeostasis.

   Skill tested: Inference · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

   78%
3. C

   Out of Support Window: steroid2% picked this

   It works in conjunction with steroid hormones in increasing

   The concept of steroid hormones arises in the 1st paragraph but never in the 2nd. Meanwhile, our Support Window of text for 'vasopressin' is in the 2nd paragraph. The passage never says that vasopressin works in conjunction with steroid hormones.

   2%
4. D

   Out of Support Window: steroid3% picked this

   It works in conjunction with steroid hormones in regulating

   The concept of steroid hormones arises in the 1st paragraph but never in the 2nd. Meanwhile, our Support Window of text for 'vasopressin' is in the 2nd paragraph. The passage never says that vasopressin works in conjunction with steroid hormones.

   3%
5. E

   Contradicted: after thirsty16% picked this

   It is secreted after an animal becomes thirsty, as a mechanism for

   This is what we learned at the end of the 2nd: The threshold for thirst appears to be slightly higher than for vasopressin secretion, so that thirst is stimulated only after vasopressin has been released.

   16%