Paradoxically, Many Adolescents Who Engage in Very High Risk Behaviors

question 48

Multiple Choice

Paradoxically, many adolescents who engage in very high risk behaviors tend to ____ the likelihood of harm associated with those actions.

• A) ​overestimate
• B) ​negate
• C) ​ignore
• D) ​underestimate

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Definitions:

Sharpe Measure

A metric used to assess the risk-adjusted return of an investment, comparing its excess returns to the volatility experienced.

Residual Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the amount of variance in investment returns not explained by the beta in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Geometric Average Return

Is the average rate of return of a set of values calculated using the products of the terms.

Arithmetic Return

The simple average of periodic returns of an investment over a specified time frame.