TCOLE BPOC Victims of Crime Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The normal human response to TRAUMA follows a similar pattern
called the crisis reaction. It occurs in all of us. -
correct answer ✅The crisis reaction
The physical response to TRAUMA is based on our animal instincts.
It includes physical shock, disorientation, and numbness: -
correct answer ✅"frozen fright."
• Adrenaline begins to pump through body
• Body may relieve itself of excess materials, like ingested food
• Physical senses, one or more, may become very acute while
others "shut down"
• Heart rate increases
• Hyperventilation, sweating, etc. -
correct answer ✅"Fight-or-flight"
Physical arousal associated with fight or flight cannot be prolonged
indefinitely. Eventually, it will result in exhaustion. -
correct answer ✅Exhaustion
The mind's response parallels the _________________. -
correct answer ✅physical response
, TCOLE BPOC Victims of Crime Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
"Denial" in this sense means truly believing something did not
happen, or that it was not as "bad" as it actually was. This is a
psychological defense mechanism that kicks in to protect a person
from the full impact of what has happened. -
correct answer ✅Stage one: Shock, Disbelief, and Denial
Anger/RAGE, fear/TERROR, grief/SORROW, confusion/
FRUSTRATION, guilt/SELF-BLAME, and violation/VULNERABILITY -
correct answer ✅Stage two: Cataclysm of emotions
Emotional roller coaster that eventually becomes balanced -
correct answer ✅Stage three: Reconstruction of equilibrium
• Shock
• Depression and loneliness
• Panic
• Hostility and resentment
• Hope
• Emotion
• Physical symptoms of distress
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The normal human response to TRAUMA follows a similar pattern
called the crisis reaction. It occurs in all of us. -
correct answer ✅The crisis reaction
The physical response to TRAUMA is based on our animal instincts.
It includes physical shock, disorientation, and numbness: -
correct answer ✅"frozen fright."
• Adrenaline begins to pump through body
• Body may relieve itself of excess materials, like ingested food
• Physical senses, one or more, may become very acute while
others "shut down"
• Heart rate increases
• Hyperventilation, sweating, etc. -
correct answer ✅"Fight-or-flight"
Physical arousal associated with fight or flight cannot be prolonged
indefinitely. Eventually, it will result in exhaustion. -
correct answer ✅Exhaustion
The mind's response parallels the _________________. -
correct answer ✅physical response
, TCOLE BPOC Victims of Crime Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
"Denial" in this sense means truly believing something did not
happen, or that it was not as "bad" as it actually was. This is a
psychological defense mechanism that kicks in to protect a person
from the full impact of what has happened. -
correct answer ✅Stage one: Shock, Disbelief, and Denial
Anger/RAGE, fear/TERROR, grief/SORROW, confusion/
FRUSTRATION, guilt/SELF-BLAME, and violation/VULNERABILITY -
correct answer ✅Stage two: Cataclysm of emotions
Emotional roller coaster that eventually becomes balanced -
correct answer ✅Stage three: Reconstruction of equilibrium
• Shock
• Depression and loneliness
• Panic
• Hostility and resentment
• Hope
• Emotion
• Physical symptoms of distress
