Chapter 12: Family Violence and Abuse exam
questions and answers
Identify each child behavior that is a warning sign of family violence -Correct Answer-Warning Sign(s)
-acting out or abusing drugs and alcohol
-experiencing weight problems
Not Warning Sign(s)
-having many close friends
-being shy around others
Identify each kind of relationship that would be included under the category of intimate partner violence
-Correct Answer-Intimate Partner Violence
-dating couples
-married spouses
-cohabiting couples
Not Intimate Partner Violence
-parent-child pairs
best friends
Match each type of abuse that some elderly experience to the appropriate example -Correct Answer-
Expressive aggression- berating elderly people in public and mocking their physical impairments
Coercive control- withholding elderly people's money so they cannot make daily life decisions
Physical violence- striking elderly people out of frustration or get them to comply Match each term for sexual violence to its definition -Correct Answer-Rape- forced penetration or attempted penetration of a person without his or her consent
Sexual assault- an umbrella term that includes penetration or touch by force or threat of force
Incest- sex between close relatives
Place the following racial-ethnic groups in order, from lowest to highest, by the lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence reported by women -Correct Answer-White
Hispanic
Black
American Indian
When did marital rape become a recognized crime in most U.S. states? -Correct Answer-the late 1970s
Match each social scientist to the reason for decreasing violence that is best exemplified by his work -
Correct Answer-Steven Pinker- Modernity encourages greater empathy
Philippe Aries- modernity introduced that concept of childhood as a life stage
Norbert Elias- Modernity teaches people to restrain violent impulses
According to the feminish perspective, intimate partner violence against women is the consequence of ___ in ___ of society -Correct Answer-male domination
every part
Place each reason for not reporting intimate partner violent crime with the correct percentage of victims
who state that reason -Correct Answer-38%- fear or reprisal or getting offender in trouble
questions and answers
Identify each child behavior that is a warning sign of family violence -Correct Answer-Warning Sign(s)
-acting out or abusing drugs and alcohol
-experiencing weight problems
Not Warning Sign(s)
-having many close friends
-being shy around others
Identify each kind of relationship that would be included under the category of intimate partner violence
-Correct Answer-Intimate Partner Violence
-dating couples
-married spouses
-cohabiting couples
Not Intimate Partner Violence
-parent-child pairs
best friends
Match each type of abuse that some elderly experience to the appropriate example -Correct Answer-
Expressive aggression- berating elderly people in public and mocking their physical impairments
Coercive control- withholding elderly people's money so they cannot make daily life decisions
Physical violence- striking elderly people out of frustration or get them to comply Match each term for sexual violence to its definition -Correct Answer-Rape- forced penetration or attempted penetration of a person without his or her consent
Sexual assault- an umbrella term that includes penetration or touch by force or threat of force
Incest- sex between close relatives
Place the following racial-ethnic groups in order, from lowest to highest, by the lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence reported by women -Correct Answer-White
Hispanic
Black
American Indian
When did marital rape become a recognized crime in most U.S. states? -Correct Answer-the late 1970s
Match each social scientist to the reason for decreasing violence that is best exemplified by his work -
Correct Answer-Steven Pinker- Modernity encourages greater empathy
Philippe Aries- modernity introduced that concept of childhood as a life stage
Norbert Elias- Modernity teaches people to restrain violent impulses
According to the feminish perspective, intimate partner violence against women is the consequence of ___ in ___ of society -Correct Answer-male domination
every part
Place each reason for not reporting intimate partner violent crime with the correct percentage of victims
who state that reason -Correct Answer-38%- fear or reprisal or getting offender in trouble
