The Interplay of Past Experience and Present Hormonal Influences Can

question 126

Multiple Choice

The interplay of past experience and present hormonal influences can be seen by which of the following findings regarding castrated adult men?

• A)Men who were more sexually experienced before castration show a more graduate decline in sexual activity after castration.
• B)Men who are surgically castrated tend to lose their capacity to become erect and to ejaculate.
• C)Men who desire surgical castration typically report better satisfaction with their castration than those on whom castration is forced.
• D)Men who have been castrated are likely to be child molesters.

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Definitions:

Mitochondrion

Double-membraned organelle that produces ATP by aerobic respiration in eukaryotes.

Aerobic Respiration

A metabolic process that uses oxygen to convert glucose or other organic molecules into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water.

Electrons

Negatively charged subatomic particles orbiting the nucleus of an atom.

Citric Acid Cycle

A key metabolic pathway that takes place in the mitochondria, involving the oxidation of acetyl-CoA to carbon dioxide and ATP production, also known as the Krebs cycle.