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1. Which of the following is true regarding antisocial behavior in adolescents? a. Very few adolescents completely refrain from antisocial behavior, and they tend not to be well-adjusted. b. A... ntisocial behavior in adolescence is generally not common, and is typically associated with poor adjustment. c. Antisocial behavior tends to increase in adolescence. d. Antisocial behavior is as common in adolescence as it is in childhood. 2. Which of the following is true regarding gender differences in antisocial behavior? a. Boys and girls do not differ in rates of antisocial behavior in childhood. b. Throughout the lifespan, males display more antisocial behavior than females. c. Boys are more aggressive than girls in childhood, but this difference decreases or disappears by adolescence. d. Boys are more aggressive in childhood, but girls are more aggressive in adolescence 3. Which statement about the stability of antisocial behavior is true? a. Aggressive behavior is relatively unstable over the course of the lifespan. b. Aggressive behavior is highly stable for brief periods of the lifespan. c. Aggressive behavior is not as stable as IQ scores. d. Aggressive behavior is highly stable over the course of the lifespan, about as stable as IQ scores 4. Delinquency, in the legal sense, may result from ____, whereas a mental disorder requires ____. a. one or two isolated acts, several isolated acts b. a persistent pattern of antisocial behaviors, one or two isolated acts c. one or two isolated acts, a persistent pattern of antisocial behaviors d. related acts, unrelated acts [Show More]

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