Why do most states in the United States still treat adolescents differently when they commit a crime?
a. Fewer adolescents commit crimes and therefore those who do need counseling.
b. Adolescents commit less serious crimes so the justice system should reflect this.
c. Adolescents are not held to be as responsible for their actions as adults are.
d. More adolescents lie.
Answer: c.
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In family studies of trait heritability, concordance rates are calculated instead of correlations when
a. the trait phenotype appears in an all-or-none fashion. b. the trait is continuous and can assume many values. c. the phenotype is invisible and unnoticed. d. females, rather than males, are the focus of study.
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b. acetylcholine. c. serotonin. d. norepinephrine
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a) GABA b) dopamine c) serotonin d) acetylcholine