Positive feedback differs from negative feedback in that
A) positive feedback benefits the organism, whereas negative feedback is detrimental.
B) the positive feedback's effector responses are in the same direction as the initiating stimulus rather than opposite to it.
C) the effector's response increases some parameter (such as body temperature), whereas in negative feedback it can only decrease the parameter.
D) positive feedback systems have only effectors, whereas negative feedback systems have only receptors.
E) positive feedback systems have control centers that are lacking in negative feedback systems.

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Positive feedback differs from negative feedback in that the effector responses of positive feedback are in the same direction as the initiating stimulus rather than opposite to it. In negative feedback, the effector response works to counteract the initial stimulus.

Positive Feedback Differs from Negative Feedback in That