For example, your body has an internal thermostat. During a winter day, in your house a thermostat senses the temperature in a room and responds by turning on or off the heater. Your body acts in much the same way. When body temperature rises, receptors in the skin and the brain sense the temperature change. The temperature change triggers a command from the brain. This command can cause several responses. If you are too hot, the skin makes sweat and blood vessels near the skin surface dilate. This response helps decrease body temperature.
Recently, a man name Bob broke his leg, and has been commanded to stay inside and rest while it heals. His wife, Gretchen, has had to do most of the yard work, and it has been very hot outside. Bob has been watching his wife cut the grass and feels bad, noticing she looks tired, while he gets to sit inside in the air conditioning.
Is Gretchen more or less likely to be having her body respond to her current temperature than Bob?