According to latent trait theories, why are people who are antisocial during adolescence the most likely to persist in crime?

a. because latent traits are stable.
b. because adolescents tend to associate with deviant peers.
c. because educational achievement is more difficult during an adolescent's middle- and high-school years.
d. because cognitive ability is fully formed by adolescence.


a

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