Respond with your opinion to the 2 questions/comments below

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Make sure that your initial response to the question contains atleast 2 cited academic sources to support the ideas that you raise.

(1) In considering various forms of psychopathology researchers haveoften focused on the role of social and psychological variables. Inrecent years, however, many studies have been conducted which haveinvestigated the role of biological factors as they relate to differentforms of child/adolescent psychopathology (e.g., mental retardation,ADHD, autism, anorexia nervosa, etc.). Discuss the evidence thatbiological factors contribute to childhood psychopathology, focusingprimarily on ADHD. In your answer you should cite evidence related tothe role of such factors in a range of disorders with “biological’ beingconsidered 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 thatcan accompany childhood socialization. For example, “Do as I say, notas I do” has been around for a long time. One of the topics in thischapter is substance abuse problems among children and adolescents.Some years ago, one of the Drug Council public service messages ontelevision depicted a father who had caught his son in the act of usingmarijuana. The father, in an agitated and incredulous tone of voice,announces: “Where did you get this?!……where did you find out aboutthis stuff?!” The imp replies in an anguished tone: “I learned it fromYOU!!……that’s where I got it……from YOU!!” I would like for youto share how they feel about this kind of hypocrisy and how you thinkchildhood and adolescent socialization contributes to conduct problems

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