01:830:333 Study Guide - Final Guide: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Status Offense
30 Apr 2018
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Review questions chapter 13 – Problems
1. What are the general caveats about problems in adolescence discussed?
a. IDK
2. What are the two categories of psychosocial problems that are generally distinguished in
adolescence? Explain the difference between internalizing and externalizing problems.
a. Externalizing- problems where the kid effects its external environment
b. Internalizing- problems where it effect the kid’s internal environment
3. What is comorbidity?
a. Suffering from 2 or more problems at the same time
4. What is a common comorbidity for externalizing problems?
a. Substance abuse problems often with externalizing problems
5. What is negative affectivity? What is thought to be at the root of internalizing problems?
a. How easily someone becomes distressed; negative affectively
Externalizing disorders
6. Explain the difference between oppositional-defiant disorder, conduct disorder and
antisocial personality disorder.
a. Oppositional defiant disorder- less aggressive version of conduct disorder
b. Conduct disorder- a pattern of persistant behavior that routinely violates the
rights of others and leads to problems in social relationships, school, or work
i. If this persists well after 18 yrs, then the person has antisocial personality
disorder, which is having lack of regard for moral standards
1. Psychopaths suffer from antisocial personality disorder
7. What is the age progression and gender difference in aggressive acts?
8. What is the difference between crime & delinquency
a. Delinquency- when crime is done by juveniles; a subcategory of crime
b. Crime- breaking the law
9. What are status offenses, index crimes and non-index crimes
a. Status offense- crime because it is done by an underage person
b. Index crimes- considered to be crime regardless of a person’s age
i. i.e. rape, assault, murder
c. Non-index crime- less serious than index
i. i.e. illegal gambling, disorderly conduct
10. Explain what the age-crime curve is.
a. Increase in criminal behavior in preadolescent and adolescent years, then
decreases in young adults
11. What is the difference between life-course persistent offenders, and adolescence-limited
offenders? (notes & book)
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