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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 Michael note his brother Robert showed that made him unlikable?
(a) Violent tendencies.
(b) Aggressive tendencies.
(c) Submissive tendencies.
(d) Antisocial tendencies.

2. What is one hypothesis about why some children have lower resting heart rates?
(a) These children have a low emotional reaction system.
(b) These children have adapted for survival.
(c) These children have physical abnormalities.
(d) This is a genetic trait.

3. Why does a lowered resilience and coping ability compound negative social influences?
(a) Because these factors combine to increase anger.
(b) Because these factors combine to increase violence.
(c) Because these factors combine to lower self worth.
(d) Because these factors combine to lower emotional response.

4. If a teen has been arrested, and has an already existing risk factor, the odds of the youth committing murder are ____________________.
(a) Lower.
(b) Three times as high.
(c) Twice as high.
(d) Nine times as high.

5. The term for the moment when a small change in the presence of a germ produces a big change in the rate of infection is _______________________.
(a) The tipping point.
(b) The ending point.
(c) The dire point.
(d) The natural point.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is amoral?

2. What emotion is often linked with anger in troubled boys?

3. In addition to family rejection, what other aspect of life can cause a feeling of alienation in the life of violent youth?

4. What key part of moral thinking are violent boys typically missing?

5. What is often the result of emotional disassociation?

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