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The concept of the fearlessness hypothesis of antisocial personality disorder is that individuals with this disorder
 
  a. learn to avoid punishment.
 b. have an underactive cortex.
 c. under-react to the threat of punishment.
 d. have brain damage that inhibits their ability to understand the implications of their actions.

Question 2

According to the underarousal hypothesis, individuals with antisocial personality disorder may engage in their characteristic behaviors as a way to
 
  a. deal with their fears.
 b. provide a level of stimulation that most of us receive from more typical behaviors.
 c. provide a sense of relief from the feelings of depression that they experience when they are not highly aroused.
  d. reduce the generally high level of arousal that they feel.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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