Psychology 2320A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Monoamine Oxidase, Monoamine Oxidase A, Attribution Bias

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2320A/B
• Professor: idk

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Since 1994 most lethal forms of violence have decreased. Number of youth arrested in 2010 was lowest it has been in 30 years. Prevalence of anti social behavior remains high. Guns killed more people than us wars in iraq and afghanistan] Conduct and antisocial behavior are used to describe wide range of age- inappropriate behavior. Severe conduct problems are usually associated with extremely unfortunate neighborhood and family circumstances: experience abuse, neglect, poverty. Nature, causes, and outcomes of conduct problems are wide ranging. Context: 71% high school student tried alcohol, very few adolescence refrain from any antisocial behavior (smoking, drinking, breaking rules sometimes, anti-social behavior appear and then decline with development, 50 percent of parents say toddler lie or disobey. Decline when enter school: 10 percent of parents say adolescence lie or disobey orders. Psychological: conduct problems fall under externalizing behavior problems, upper extreme, one or more standard deviations away from mean, externalizing dimentions has 2 related but independent dimentions.