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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is most important in the effect of parents on children?
(a) How the parent's subtle actions shape the child.
(b) How parental behavior shames the child.
(c) How the parent's subtle actions hurt the child.
(d) How parental behavior organizes the child's life.

2. What does psychiatrist James Gilligan believe most acts of violence are caused by?
(a) Relationship issues.
(b) A perceived injustice.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Gangs.

3. What is disassociation?
(a) A disconnection from society.
(b) A disconnection from reality.
(c) A disconnection from emotions to avoid pain.
(d) A disconnection from parental guidance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a risk for boys who grow up without fathers?

2. What percentage of American kids have been found to be in need of professional mental health intervention?

3. What does Garbarino claim is the point of change in the social decline of neighborhoods?

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

5. The term for the moment when a small change in the presence of a germ produces a big change in the rate of infection is _______________________.

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