View a FREE sample

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) Distrust.
(c) Low self worth.
(d) Fear.

2. What else is an important factor in youth violence?
(a) How kids act around peers.
(b) How kids think and feel about religion.
(c) How kids think and feel about the world.
(d) How kids act around adults.

3. Why does Garbarino refer to these violent offenders as 'lost boys'?
(a) He believes these boys lost their souls.
(b) He believes these boys lost their parents.
(c) He believes these boys lost their happiness.
(d) He believes these boys are really naive and childlike.

4. According to Garbarino's interview of third graders in Illinois, how many believed they could get a gun if needed?
(a) One half.
(b) One third.
(c) One in twenty.
(d) Three fourths.

5. Which is the most common parenting problem, according to the federal government?
(a) Mental abuse.
(b) Physical abuse.
(c) Abandonment.
(d) Neglect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does psychiatrist James Gilligan believe most acts of violence are caused by?

2. Rejected children are at a higher risk for __________________.

3. Why is parental abandonment particularly dangerous?

4. Having a history of _____________ increases the likelihood one will commit murder.

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 274 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample