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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The tendency for behavior to reflect that which is rewarded is called _________________.
(a) Regressive differences.
(b) Progressive conformity.
(c) Regressive conformity.
(d) Progressive differences.

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

3. Neurologists refer to the process by which it takes less and less stimulation to set off an internal reaction as __________________.
(a) Wrongful reaction.
(b) Kindling.
(c) Reactive.
(d) Desensitization.

4. Harry Stack Sullivan said, "Human behavior is more simply ______________________."
(a) Stupid than otherwise.
(b) Animalistic than otherwise.
(c) Godly than otherwise.
(d) Human than otherwise.

5. The sixth line of defense against violence is violence prevention and reduction programs ___________________.
(a) During college.
(b) During middle school.
(c) During high school.
(d) During elementary.

6. Boys respond to risk factors with antisocial behavior, whereas girls respond with ___________________.
(a) Violence issues.
(b) Promiscuity.
(c) Internalized problems.
(d) Teen pregnancy.

7. What is the term for those who are amoral in psychiatric terms?
(a) Schizophrenic.
(b) Criminal.
(c) Psychopath.
(d) Manic depressant.

8. Garbarino claims some boys seek out images of evil and become addicted to them as a way of responding to what?
(a) The resentment they feel inside.
(b) The anger they feel inside.
(c) The emptiness they feel inside.
(d) Social pressures to conform.

9. What did the two boys in Gloverville have in their car that they drove around for several days?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) A kidnapped victim.
(c) A dead bird.
(d) A dead body.

10. According to General S.L.A. Marshall, resilience is not:
(a) Absolute.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Lasting.
(d) Futile.

11. This type of influence matters in how a boy behaves in society, regardless of home life.
(a) School influence.
(b) Self influence.
(c) Sibling influence.
(d) Peer influence.

12. Learning about the destruction of human bodies is __________________.
(a) Traumatic.
(b) Detrimental.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Problematic.

13. The first concern of any residential center should be _____________________.
(a) Safety.
(b) Education.
(c) Citizenship.
(d) Sobriety.

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

15. What is the term for the identifying line of those we feel morally obligated to?
(a) Moral line.
(b) Moral limit.
(c) Moral square.
(d) Moral circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a negative social environment, vulnerable children should be understood as __________________.

2. Garbarino believes that as children pass into adolescence, they are more vulnerable to ___________________.

3. The third line of defense against violent teens are early intervention programs that deal with ___________________.

4. Perpetrator relocation is when the perpetrator is ____________________.

5. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

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