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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do many adults avoid teenagers?
(a) They see them as alien and inscrutable.
(b) They see them as dangerous.
(c) They see them as annoying.
(d) They see them as disrespectful.

2. What does Garbarino claim is the point of change in the social decline of neighborhoods?
(a) The moment when gang membership rises above 6 percent.
(b) The moment when parental monitoring falls below 6 percent.
(c) The moment when affluent leadership drops below 6 percent.
(d) The moment when teen pregnancy rises above 6 percent.

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

4. What is low resting heart rate associated with, according to the study by Losel, Bender, and Bliesener?
(a) Social behavior.
(b) Abuse victims.
(c) Antisocial behavior.
(d) Avoidance personalities.

5. What do young violent boys tend to show in terms of fear?
(a) A lack of understanding for fearful situations.
(b) An abnormal level of fear.
(c) A level of fearlessness.
(d) A high level of fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is parental abandonment particularly dangerous?

2. Which is the most common parenting problem, according to the federal government?

3. What trait do some mothers have or develop that can cause behavioral issues in their children, in terms of emotional attachment?

4. Why does the author blame improved care of premature babies for part of the youth violence issue?

5. How many high school boys carry a potentially lethal weapon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the temperamental traits that put a child at risk for trouble and aggression, and what does research on responsive mothers show in light of these traits?

2. Explain why Garbarino argues that medical technology is partially to blame for unreliable statistics on homicide rates.

3. Explain the tie between neurological problems and violence, and why Garbarino blames, again, medical technologies for the rise in neurological issues in children.

4. Explain why some abused children avoid these negative social maps?

5. Explain 'Conduct Disorder', and why it is a useful, but dangerous, label.

6. Explain why suicides should be included in rates of youth violence.

7. Explain why Garbarino calls these violent youth 'lost boys'.

8. Describe the concept of the tipping point.

9. Explain what class and race bias are, and how they contribute to a lack of concern for youth violence in minority areas.

10. What does the social biological perspective say about why children face different opportunities and risks for development?

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