What Do Researchers Believe Explains Why Some Individuals Who Engage

question 108

Multiple Choice

What do researchers believe explains why some individuals who engage in precocious, promiscuous, or unprotected sex are also highly likely to engage in other types of delinquent behavior?

• A) It is likely that risky sexual behavior causes other types of risky and delinquent behaviors.
• B) It is likely that risky and delinquent behaviors cause risky sexual activity.
• C) It is likely that risky sexual behavior and other types of risky behavior are both symptoms of a certain personality profile which makes individuals more likely to behave risky in general.
• D) These two behaviors are likely spuriously related by a third, unrelated (and unmeasured) variable.

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Definitions:

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that carries energy within cells for metabolism.

NADPH

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as lipid and nucleic acid synthesis, serving as a reducing agent by donating electrons and hydrogen.

Theodor Engelmann

A 19th-century German biologist and physician known for his work on photosynthesis and the action spectrum of chlorophyll.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria convert light energy into chemical energy, producing oxygen and glucose.