______ is a psychiatric diagnosis referring to extreme antisocial behavior such as destruction of property, theft, or causing pain to others.

A. sociopathy
B. peer victimization
C. conduct disorder
D. antisocial disorder


Answer: C

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In the film Minority Report, people were arrested and sentenced based on predictions that they were going to commit a specific crime at some future date, even though no crime had yet been committed. This scenario is similar to what type of proceeding that mental patients experience in the United States today?

a. involuntary competency hearings c. voluntary civil commitment b. involuntary civil commitment d. criminal commitment

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Concerning the Minnesota reunited twin studies, which of the following aspects of their lives is more likely to be due to genetic similarities than to living in the same historical time period?

a. Both twins like banana splits and cheeseburgers. b. Both twins are Democrats. c. Both twins have a nervous tic, like nail biting. d. Both twins joined the National Guard.

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On histograms, the horizontal axis represents _____, and the vertical axis represents _____.

a. the frequency that a score occurred; all possible class intervals. b. the scores of people who took the test; the frequency that the score occurred. c. all possible values of some variable; the number of people who scored each value. d. the means of all test scores; the standard deviations of all test scores.

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When writing a literature review,

a. describe each experiment for each study you review. b. include the results for each experiment you review. c. organize the literature chronologically. d. transition words at the beginning of paragraphs are important.

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