In Making Decisions,teenagers __________

question 47

Multiple Choice

In making decisions,teenagers __________.

• A) are more likely than adults to avoid potential losses
• B) take far greater risks than adults in their twenties
• C) are more effective than adults under unemotional conditions
• D) are more effective than adults when they must inhibit emotion

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Definitions:

Cyclic Hemiacetal

A cyclic organic compound formed from the reaction of an alcohol with an aldehyde or ketone, characterized by a carbon atom bonded to an oxygen (in hydroxy group), another oxygen (in ether group), a hydrogen, and an alkyl or aryl group.

Erythro

A descriptor in stereochemistry, referring to molecules in which two substituents are on the same side in a Fischer projection.

Fischer Projection

A method for representing the three-dimensional configuration of molecules on a two-dimensional plane, used especially for carbohydrates.

α-Pyranose

A form of a sugar molecule where the ring structure is a six-membered pyran ring, with the anomeric carbon atom in the alpha configuration.