Respond with your opinion to the 2 questions/comments below
Make sure that your initial response to the question contains at
least 2 cited academic sources to support the ideas that you raise.
(1) In considering various forms of psychopathology researchers have
often focused on the role of social and psychological variables. In
recent years, however, many studies have been conducted which have
investigated the role of biological factors as they relate to different
forms of child/adolescent psychopathology (e.g., mental retardation,
ADHD, autism, anorexia nervosa, etc.). Discuss the evidence that
biological factors contribute to childhood psychopathology, focusing
primarily on ADHD. In your answer you should cite evidence related to
the role of such factors in a range of disorders with “biological’ being
considered in the broad sense of the word (e.g., genetic, structural,
biochemical, etc.). Critically evaluate the research findings you cite.
(2) Many social scientists have commented on the adult hypocrisy that
can accompany childhood socialization. For example, “Do as I say, not
as I do” has been around for a long time. One of the topics in this
chapter is substance abuse problems among children and adolescents.
Some years ago, one of the Drug Council public service messages on
television depicted a father who had caught his son in the act of using
marijuana. The father, in an agitated and incredulous tone of voice,
announces: “Where did you get this?!……where did you find out about
this stuff?!” The imp replies in an anguished tone: “I learned it from
YOU!!……that’s where I got it……from YOU!!” I would like for you
to share how they feel about this kind of hypocrisy and how you think
childhood and adolescent socialization contributes to conduct problems
300 words min for each question

