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Because of his family's illegal and antisocial activities, Diego's parents have had difficulties keeping good jobs. Hence, he and his siblings are growing up in poor surroundings where they are exposed to toxins that damage there developing brains. Now they are irritable and difficult. This is an example of:

A) upward social drift.
B) downward social drift.
C) exclusion from societal practices.
D) downward social comparison.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Hugo is cunning, charismatic and sadistic. He never accepts responsibility for his actions and blames his illegal activities on watching violent porn as a child. He most likely _____.

A) is a sociopath
B) has a oppositional personality
C) has suffered some traumatic brain injury
D) exists in a fugue state

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

Tyrell appears to be deliberately trying to annoy the other kids in his class. He sometimes refuses to do what his teachers tell him and gives many reasons why he shouldn't have to do his work. His mom reports that he is sometimes sweet and other times rude, but he appears to get angry easily. Tyrell is likely to have a _____.

In the DSM-5, conduct disorder is now required to be specified based on:

Research has shown that young men with high levels of _____ in their blood are more likely to commit violent crimes compared to other young men with more normal levels.

As babies, children who develop conduct disorder tend to have been _____, at least as reported by their parents.

Oppositional defiant disorder:

Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder are found more frequently in children in _____ and in _____.

One of the abnormal genes seen in children with conduct disorders is the _____ gene, which regulates the neurotransmitters dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.

The first step in cognitive-behavioral therapy is to:

Families whose members engage in antisocial behaviors may experience a:

Silas is aggressive to people, destroys his neighbor's property, and constantly steals and lies to his parents and others. Silas is likely to have a _____.

Lack of remorse or guilt for ones actions and lack of concern for performance at school or work, as well as shallow emotions demonstrates:

The most common treatment for intermittent explosive disorder is:

In terms of antisocial behavior, girls appear to engage in _____, such as excluding their peers, gossiping about them, and colluding with others to damage the social status of their targets, more so than boys.

Logan showed behavioral problems in preschool, and they only seem to have gotten worse as he has gotten older. He is more likely to continue to engage in antisocial behaviors into adulthood then kids who developed the behavioral patterns at a later age, a pattern called:

Many children with antisocial tendencies:

Individuals with antisocial tendencies:

Most of the pharmacological treatments for intermittent explosion disorder target levels of: