PAR New Hire Study Guide – Questions With Precision-
Verified Answers
What is the goal of PAR? Right Ans - To maintain safety and order
Describe the kinds of environments that most Juvenile Justice youth grow up
in. Right Ans - Rejected by their parents
Grow up in homes with considerable conflict
Inadequately supervised
Witnessing of violence
What are the five levels of human needs according to Maslow? Right Ans -
Physiological
Safety
Love/belonging
Esteem
Self Actulization
What are Physiological needs? Right Ans - Food, water, air, sleep
What are safety needs? Right Ans - Shelter, protection from harm
What are Love and Belonging needs? Right Ans - To love, be loved and
accepted by others
What are Esteem needs? Right Ans - To feel good about oneself, confidence
What are Self Actualization needs? Right Ans - Strive to be the best you can
be, morality, creativity
What is Cognitive Development? Right Ans - Brain Development, the ability
to learn more complex things.
What is Social Development? Right Ans - The ability to form relationships
and get along with others
What is Emotional Development? Right Ans - The ability to manage ones
emotions and think realistically
, Describe the relationship between unmet needs and behavior? Right Ans -
Distrustful, hostile and aggressive toward care givers. Display a range of anti-
social behaviors.
What is Trauma? Right Ans - Trauma is the Personal Experience of
interpersonal violence including sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect,
loss, and/or the witnessing of Violence, terrorism, and Disasters.
What is the stress response? Right Ans - The body's rapid and automatic
switch into high gear- "fight or flight".
What are some triggers that stem from trauma? Right Ans - Smells, tone of
voice, time of day, certain touch, small spaces, lighting, color, decorations.
Describe the relationship between past experiences and behavior. Right
Ans - Mental health problems
substance abuse
impaired social relationships
suicide
delinquency
What are some reactions of adolescents suffering from unmet needs and
trauma triggers? Right Ans - Anger, rage
Running or avoidance
Dangerous re-enactment behavior
Recklessness
Protective agression
Shame, guilt
Revenge
What is Stress? Right Ans - The reaction given by the body and mind to
particular events that may be difficult, demanding or threatening.
What are some internal stress factors? Right Ans - Irresponsible behavior
Poor health habits
Negative attitudes and feelings
Unrealistic expectations
Perfectionism
Verified Answers
What is the goal of PAR? Right Ans - To maintain safety and order
Describe the kinds of environments that most Juvenile Justice youth grow up
in. Right Ans - Rejected by their parents
Grow up in homes with considerable conflict
Inadequately supervised
Witnessing of violence
What are the five levels of human needs according to Maslow? Right Ans -
Physiological
Safety
Love/belonging
Esteem
Self Actulization
What are Physiological needs? Right Ans - Food, water, air, sleep
What are safety needs? Right Ans - Shelter, protection from harm
What are Love and Belonging needs? Right Ans - To love, be loved and
accepted by others
What are Esteem needs? Right Ans - To feel good about oneself, confidence
What are Self Actualization needs? Right Ans - Strive to be the best you can
be, morality, creativity
What is Cognitive Development? Right Ans - Brain Development, the ability
to learn more complex things.
What is Social Development? Right Ans - The ability to form relationships
and get along with others
What is Emotional Development? Right Ans - The ability to manage ones
emotions and think realistically
, Describe the relationship between unmet needs and behavior? Right Ans -
Distrustful, hostile and aggressive toward care givers. Display a range of anti-
social behaviors.
What is Trauma? Right Ans - Trauma is the Personal Experience of
interpersonal violence including sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect,
loss, and/or the witnessing of Violence, terrorism, and Disasters.
What is the stress response? Right Ans - The body's rapid and automatic
switch into high gear- "fight or flight".
What are some triggers that stem from trauma? Right Ans - Smells, tone of
voice, time of day, certain touch, small spaces, lighting, color, decorations.
Describe the relationship between past experiences and behavior. Right
Ans - Mental health problems
substance abuse
impaired social relationships
suicide
delinquency
What are some reactions of adolescents suffering from unmet needs and
trauma triggers? Right Ans - Anger, rage
Running or avoidance
Dangerous re-enactment behavior
Recklessness
Protective agression
Shame, guilt
Revenge
What is Stress? Right Ans - The reaction given by the body and mind to
particular events that may be difficult, demanding or threatening.
What are some internal stress factors? Right Ans - Irresponsible behavior
Poor health habits
Negative attitudes and feelings
Unrealistic expectations
Perfectionism
