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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the homicide rates of war veterans so much smaller?
(a) They are socially supported.
(b) They are afraid of government.
(c) They are not angry.
(d) They have military discipline.

2. To help children make better moral choices, adults can help youths develop _________________.
(a) Talents and goals.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Businesses.

3. 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 in twenty.
(c) One half.
(d) One third.

4. 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) Desensitization.
(d) Reactive.

5. Why is the morality of violent boys often primitive?
(a) It reflects what they have learned in their world.
(b) It reflects their vulnerability.
(c) It reflects the animals they are.
(d) It reflects what they see on TV.

6. What is the term used to signify, among other things, the ability to read emotions of others?
(a) Emotional response.
(b) Emotional ability.
(c) Emotional stability.
(d) Emotional intelligence.

7. What has Terrence Real identified as one of the major sources of depression in males?
(a) Low self esteem.
(b) Low opinions of others.
(c) High expectations.
(d) Low value of life.

8. What is the primary cause of neurological impairment in boys who are particularly vulnerable to learning violent patterns of behavior?
(a) Falls.
(b) Child maltreatment.
(c) Birth defects.
(d) Accidents.

9. Recidivists are those who ________________________.
(a) Those who never go to prison.
(b) Never return to prison following release.
(c) Are sent back to prison after release.
(d) Those put on probation after release.

10. ART stands for __________________.
(a) Anger Replacement Training.
(b) Anti-anger Replacement Training.
(c) Antisocial Retraining.
(d) Anger Reliance Training.

11. Youth exposed to violence at home and in society are more apt to develop this, according to the fifth rule of violent boys' lives.
(a) Dehumanization.
(b) Juvenile vigilantism.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Anger.

12. What are violent children learning about adults in their lives at early ages?
(a) That adults are childish.
(b) That adults are irresponsible.
(c) That adults cannot protect them.
(d) That adults are cruel.

13. Incorporating both male and female characteristics is called ___________________.
(a) Androgyny.
(b) Antisocial.
(c) Depression.
(d) Vulnerable.

14. 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 emptiness they feel inside.
(c) Social pressures to conform.
(d) The anger they feel inside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garbarino claim that boys, because of masculine socialization, feel an intense pressure to be?

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

3. MST stands for ____________________.

4. The human impulse to focus on the legacy we leave behind for future generations is called __________________.

5. The monastery approach focuses on ____________________.

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