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Tanner behaves in a very destructive way toward others. He often bullies his peers and initiates fights in school. He has started to break into houses just for the fun of it. He can be very manipulative when he wants, often talking people into giving things to him. He was able to talk Elise into going out on a date with him where he forced himself on her. Tanner is exhibiting some of the criteria for ______.

What is the impact of regular cannabis use on neurocognition?

Luna’s mother died when she was very young so it has been her and her father for a long time. Now that Luna is 13-years-old, her father expects her to be able to make all her own decisions. Luna ends up following whatever her friends are doing. Her father does have some rules, but whenever Luna breaks them, she is not held accountable. Her father makes sure Luna knows how much he loves her. They tend to spend a lot of time talking to one another. Luna’s father is most likely a(n) ______.

Carolyn is in her freshman year in college. She has discovered that she really likes philosophy which she had never been exposed to before. Along with new interests in academics, she has found that she is growing in her reasoning skills. She is figuring out what career she wants to have and what she really enjoys doing. She has become very involved in different student organizations and grown in many of her new friendships. Along with this identity development, Carolyn is also developing ______.

Which disorder is a family of neurodevelopmental disorders that range in severity and present with deficits in social communication and the tendency to engage in repetitious behaviors?

Which is the most commonly diagnosed specific learning disorder that influences reading achievement?

Jacob is African American. He has recently become friends with Eli who is caucasian. They have found that they have a lot of the same interests, including sports and video games. They are spending more and more of their time together. This friendship may result in ______.

Which individual depicts a person more likely to experience peer victimization?

Kumar has always been driven to seek out dangerous activities. He enjoyed climbing to the tops of trees and jumping off them when he was very small. He would seek out more dangerous activities as he became older. Kumar lives with just his dad in a lower socioeconomic community. There isn’t much to do in his neighborhood so he gets into a lot of trouble. This trouble just increases his father’s rage and aggression towards him. Kumar has risk factors for ______.

Liam and Jimmy are on the soccer team together. They are friends but really don’t hang out that much. Liam makes sure that his grades are the best they can be while Jimmy doesn’t really care about his grades. The other students have put Liam and Jimmy in the same crowd at school. Liam and Jimmy would most likely be put into the ______.