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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Garbarino claim anger is a representation of?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Low self worth.

2. Why do many adults avoid teenagers?
(a) They see them as annoying.
(b) They see them as disrespectful.
(c) They see them as alien and inscrutable.
(d) They see them as dangerous.

3. What causes a breakdown of child protection?
(a) Adults who teach children incorrect moral beliefs.
(b) Adults who teach children proper morals.
(c) Peer pressure to violate norms.
(d) A lack of understanding.

4. What does the accumulation approach to developmental threat show us about success?
(a) That teens are better off with a balance of risk and support.
(b) That teens have to be risk free to succeed.
(c) That teens do not have to be risk free to succeed.
(d) That teens can have no support and still succeed.

5. What does Garbarino claim that boys, because of masculine socialization, feel an intense pressure to be?
(a) Tough and powerful.
(b) Kind and considerate.
(c) Abusive and cruel.
(d) Tender and sweet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the technical term for the disorder that results in highly troubled young boys who constantly misbehave?

2. In what year did four shootings occur in areas that were not typically hubs of youth violence?

3. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

4. How has social policy contributed to youth violence?

5. What else is an important factor in youth violence?

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