Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. According to the author, the most important policy implications concern the prenatal and perinatal stages of life.
2. If policymakers referred to the research done by developmental theorists, they would push for early intervention programs.
3. Developmental theories assume that people can change over time.
4. Samspon and Laub did not consider delinquent peers as a factor in criminality.
5. Moffitt’s developmental theory was proposed in the early 1980s.


1 True.
2. True
3. True
4. False
5 False

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