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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. Many youths who participate in violence are found to have been these during childhood.
(a) Readers of comic books.
(b) Bullies.
(c) Players of video games.
(d) Victims of bullies.

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

3. In addition to helping deter violent teens, character education helps to __________________.
(a) Help abusive parents.
(b) Detoxify the family unit.
(c) Help teachers and educators.
(d) Detoxify the social environment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Learning about the destruction of human bodies is __________________.

3. What is deadly petulance?

4. Recidivists are those who ________________________.

5. Finding a way to make something positive out of life is _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the zone of proximal development?

2. What is social support, as a foundation for resilience, and what are the two dimensions of social support?

3. Explain why military veterans are not violent, considering they have both depersonalized the enemy and have been desensitized.

4. What forces are at work when identifying preventative measures and acting on them, in terms of violent youth?

5. What are depersonalization and desensitization, and how do they encourage violence?

6. Explain why some boys seek out a negative universe.

7. How do positive connections and relationships help vulnerable youths to avoid violence?

8. What are the two types of trauma, and why is one worse than the other?

9. Explain Garbarino's point about moral and legal legitimacy for non-violent adults, or how we define immoral killing.

10. According to Garbarino, what does the masculine socialization in America mean to boys, and what is the effect?

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