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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 is amoral?
(a) Being too filled with morality.
(b) Being conflicted by morality.
(c) Being confused by morality.
(d) Being without any morality.

2. What did Allan, the boy accused of stealing the drug dealer's gun, mean by being "on point"?
(a) He meant that he was emotionally vulnerable.
(b) He meant that he was responsible for killing.
(c) He meant that he was made more aware of his surroundings.
(d) He meant that he was frightened.

3. What is one hypothesis about why some children have lower resting heart rates?
(a) This is a genetic trait.
(b) These children have a low emotional reaction system.
(c) These children have adapted for survival.
(d) These children have physical abnormalities.

4. What is deadly petulance?
(a) A sense of pain.
(b) A sense of religious intent.
(c) A sense of pressure.
(d) A sense of arrogance.

5. What does the term 'bad seed' imply?
(a) That someone is diseased.
(b) That someone is taught bad behaviors.
(c) They someone is born bad.
(d) That someone is not rehabilitative.

Short Answer Questions

1. This form of attachment indicates a high stress level and inconsolability.

2. What is one of the central controversies in child development, in terms of bad behavior?

3. What does Michael note his brother Robert showed that made him unlikable?

4. How many teenagers report they could obtain a gun within an hour?

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

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