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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the central controversies in child development, in terms of bad behavior?
(a) Whether bad behavior is programmed genetically.
(b) Whether bad behavior is taught.
(c) Whether bad behavior is a reaction to abuse.
(d) Whether bad behavior is socially acceptable.

2. Why does this development hit smaller cities even harder?
(a) There are fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.
(b) There are fewer schools to send children to, so everyone has a lower education.
(c) There are more schools to send children to, so only the poorest are exposed
(d) There are fewer schools to send children to, so all are exposed.

3. What phrase does Garbarino use to explain the way the nation reacts to situations, based on color and socioeconomic status?
(a) Race and color bias.
(b) Class and race bias.
(c) Class and color bias.
(d) Economic and class bias.

4. What is common among emotionally retarded boys?
(a) Suicide attempts.
(b) Intellectual retardation.
(c) Animal cruelty.
(d) Social retardation.

5. When bad behavior starts at this point, it is particularly worrisome.
(a) Adolescent onset.
(b) Child onset.
(c) Adult onset.
(d) Any onset.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many homicides are there in the U.S. each year?

2. Why is parental abandonment particularly dangerous?

3. What is Garbarino trying to point out throughout these chapters, in terms of the cause of aggressive behaviors?

4. What is often the result of emotional disassociation?

5. What does Garbarino see little difference in, in terms of psychological significance?

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