Many Children with Antisocial Tendencies

question 110

Multiple Choice

Many children with antisocial tendencies:

• A)are actually docile but learn aggressive behaviors from their peers.
• B)have grown up in families that are overprotective and overinvolved.
• C)enter social interactions with the assumption that other children are submissive.
• D)have experienced harsh and inconsistent parenting and physical abuse.

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A membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells, containing most of the cell's genetic material.

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The structure that transmits the genetic material from one generation to the next; composed of condensed chromatin; each species has a particular number of chromosomes that is passed on to the next generation.

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