ASPD Human Development and Behavior 3

Question 1

Erik Erikson's stage of 'Initiative vs. Guilt' (ages 3–6) is relevant to ASPD development because failure to resolve it may contribute to what?

Accepted Answer

Deficits in prosocial motivation and moral guilt

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Chronic hyperactivity

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Impaired language development

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Social withdrawal and depression

Question 2

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits in children are considered a precursor to which adult diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Psychopathy and severe ASPD

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

Question 3

The 'Good Lives Model' in offender rehabilitation assumes that antisocial behavior often represents a maladaptive attempt to meet what?

Accepted Answer

Universal human needs and primary goods

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Genetic imperatives

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Childhood trauma reenactment

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Social dominance drives

Question 4

Which environmental factor during prenatal development has been associated with increased risk of antisocial behavior in offspring?

Accepted Answer

Maternal smoking and substance use during pregnancy

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Maternal vitamin D supplementation

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Paternal age over 25

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Maternal exercise during second trimester

Question 5

Social learning theory (Bandura) explains the development of aggressive behavior in future ASPD individuals primarily through what mechanism?

Accepted Answer

Observational learning and reinforcement of modeled aggression

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Unconscious id impulses overwhelming the ego

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Genetic predisposition activated by puberty

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Dopamine dysregulation from birth

Question 6

In the context of ASPD, what does 'conduct disorder' represent developmentally?

Accepted Answer

The childhood/adolescent antecedent required for an ASPD diagnosis

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An adult diagnosis equivalent to ASPD

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A comorbid anxiety condition in antisocial individuals

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A mild variant of ASPD found only in females

Question 7

The 'stress-diathesis model' applied to ASPD suggests that the disorder emerges when what two factors combine?

Accepted Answer

Biological vulnerability and environmental stressors

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Low intelligence and high aggression

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Criminal peers and substance abuse

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Poverty and single-parent households