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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many kids with negative and aggressive social maps become violent?
(a) Ninety percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Thirty five percent.
(d) Five percent.

2. How has social policy contributed to youth violence?
(a) Social policy has caused more poverty.
(b) Social policy has caused clustered public housing.
(c) Social policy has caused race battles.
(d) Social policy has increased public housing.

3. What else is an important factor in youth violence?
(a) How kids think and feel about religion.
(b) How kids think and feel about the world.
(c) How kids act around peers.
(d) How kids act around adults.

4. How long has the author been studying violent youth?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty five years.
(d) Fifty years.

5. Why do 'war zone' areas have higher rates of youth violence?
(a) The people have higher buildups of risk factors.
(b) The people have broken families.
(c) The people are impoverished.
(d) The people are uneducated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is low resting heart rate associated with, according to the study by Losel, Bender, and Bliesener?

2. What is one of the central controversies in child development, in terms of bad behavior?

3. How can adults help repair damage from disrupted attachments in children?

4. What two patterns of fathers are common in the history of violent boys?

5. What is common among emotionally retarded boys?

(see the answer key)

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