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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What trait do some mothers have or develop that can cause behavioral issues in their children, in terms of emotional attachment?
(a) Psychological unavailability.
(b) Materialism.
(c) Social anxiety.
(d) Pride.

3. 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 act around adults.
(d) How kids think and feel about the world.

4. What has been shown to increase obedience during infancy?
(a) A responsive mother.
(b) A fearful mother.
(c) A strict mother.
(d) A non responsive mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many kids with negative and aggressive social maps become violent?

2. What is avoidant attachment?

3. What is deadly petulance?

4. What often begins the spiral of depression, anger, and violence in teenage boys?

5. What causes the most damage, in terms of risk factors for violent behavior?

(see the answer key)

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