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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does psychiatrist James Gilligan believe most acts of violence are caused by?
(a) A perceived injustice.
(b) Relationship issues.
(c) Gangs.
(d) Drugs.

2. What is most important in the effect of parents on children?
(a) How parental behavior shames the child.
(b) How the parent's subtle actions shape the child.
(c) How parental behavior organizes the child's life.
(d) How the parent's subtle actions hurt the child.

3. What does Garbarino claim is one of the most important aspects of child development?
(a) A connection to themselves.
(b) A connection to God.
(c) A connection to peers.
(d) A connection to a caregiver.

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

5. What is Garbarino trying to point out throughout these chapters, in terms of the cause of aggressive behaviors?
(a) Only the family unit is important.
(b) Everything must be taken in context.
(c) Only biological triggers are important.
(d) Only peer structure is important.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can happen in these early instances of violence in young boys?

2. Institutional life for violent boys should communicate __________________.

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

4. Terrance Real's work showed that emotional blockage in violent boys is partially a result of ________________.

5. What is disassociation?

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