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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. What can help turn the tide for violent boys, according to research by Kellam?
(a) Home management.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Psychotherapy.
(d) Effective classroom management.

2. How many teenagers report they could obtain a gun within an hour?
(a) Three fourths.
(b) One third.
(c) Two thirds.
(d) One fourth.

3. What is Garbarino trying to point out throughout these chapters, in terms of the cause of aggressive behaviors?
(a) Everything must be taken in context.
(b) Only biological triggers are important.
(c) Only peer structure is important.
(d) Only the family unit is important.

4. Rejected children are at a higher risk for __________________.
(a) Psychological problems.
(b) Educational problems.
(c) Physiological problems.
(d) Social problems.

5. What can help a child who is abused overcome his/her tainted view of the world?
(a) A strong faith.
(b) A compensatory relationship.
(c) A high IQ.
(d) Medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clothing item differentiates the levels of progress within the center?

2. What other type of violence has increased among young men?

3. Why do 'war zone' areas have higher rates of youth violence?

4. What has increased along with youth violence in the United States?

5. What has been found to lower as developmental threats accumulate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain negative social maps, and how they develop.

2. Explain why Garbarino sees little difference between murder and violent assault.

3. Explain how disassociation can help lead to violence.

4. In addition to negative social maps, what are two other links between abuse and child develop issues?

5. What are some of the risk factors for youth violence?

6. Explain Garbarino's stance on social conditions, and their relationship to youth violence.

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

8. 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?

9. What does Garbarino say about society's desire to punish violent youth?

10. Explain the effect of the historical and cultural patterns of the South on the 'war zones' of larger urban cities.

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