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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 is the tipping point for a peer group to flip from positive to negative?
(a) When all the positive persons stand against the negative.
(b) When the majority is positive.
(c) When the majority is negative.
(d) When all the positive persons leave.

2. Why do violent boys appear arrogant, according to Garbarino?
(a) They are overcompensating for defensiveness.
(b) They are victimizing themselves.
(c) They are overcompensating for their low self worth.
(d) They are arrogant.

3. What do these various options for early violent behavior often depend on?
(a) A stable home environment.
(b) A willingness on the part of the child.
(c) An end to any drug addiction.
(d) An availability of social resources.

4. What does Garbarino claim is the point of change in the social decline of neighborhoods?
(a) The moment when gang membership rises above 6 percent.
(b) The moment when teen pregnancy rises above 6 percent.
(c) The moment when parental monitoring falls below 6 percent.
(d) The moment when affluent leadership drops below 6 percent.

5. Garbarino believes adults should protect children from degrading, dehumanizing, and desensitizing imagery by _____________________.
(a) Minimizing their exposure to peers.
(b) Minimizing their exposure to books.
(c) Minimizing their exposure to violent movies, games, and television.
(d) Minimizing their exposure to gangs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the game children in 'war zone' neighborhoods play with blocks?

2. In a negative social environment, vulnerable children should be understood as __________________.

3. Maltreated boys are likely to be ______________________.

4. How did an end to segregation allow for the growth of youth violence?

5. What has been shown to increase obedience during infancy?

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