Analyze the Changes in the Ways Adolescents Think About Prosocial

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Essay

Analyze the changes in the ways adolescents think about prosocial issues and the changes in their willingness to engage in prosocial behavior. Do adolescents' beliefs about prosocial phenomena predict the extent to which they engage in prosocial behavior? What do adolescents think about prosocial acts that have a self-serving goal? What types of prosocial behavior are common among adolescents? Who is most likely to engage in service learning and what are the effects of volunteering? Is "forcing" adolescents to "volunteer" likely to have positive impacts?

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Genetic Information

The instructions encoded in the DNA and genes of an organism for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.

Nucleus

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

Chromosome

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.

Gene

A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.