Sociology of the Family Final Exam
Domestic Violence (or Family Violence) - answersa pattern of behavior which involves
violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic context, such as in
marriage or cohabitation
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) - answersdomestic violence against a spouse or other
intimate partner
Physical Abuse - answerskicking, slapping, hitting, punching, pulling, choking, and
property damage
Emotional Abuse - answersjealousy, anger, intimidation, controlling, neglect,
humiliation, threats, isolation, and verbal abuse
Social Abuse - answersbeing stopped from meeting or seeing friends or family, not
allowed to leave the home, being stalked
Economic Abuse - answerscontrolling access to money and other resourced, forced to
live without money
Men and DV - answersagency studies say men are the main perpetrators because they
focus on coercive controlling violence
Women and DV - answersgeneral survey studies say women are just as likely to
perpetrate because they are based on situationally-provoked violence, something
women act on too
Intimate/Patriarchal Terrorism (Violent Coercive Control) - answers- manifests the
patriarchal right of men to control all aspects of women's lives
- obsessive, assumes right of control in these relationships commonly increases the
frequency and dancer of assaults
- escape indicators carry a significantly increased risk of lethal reprisal
Cycle of Abuse - answersa pattern of abuse in which a violent or abusive episode is
followed by a makeup period when the abuser expresses sorrow and asks for
forgiveness and "one more chance," before another instance of abuse occurs
, Common Couple Violence (Situationally-Provoked Violence) - answers- refers to
occasional acts of violence arising from arguments that get "out of hand"
- in these cases the violence is typically mutual and unlikely to increase in intensity
- more mutual between genders
Violent Resistance - answers- resisting the intimate terrorist
- spouse fighting back, sometimes lethal
Marriage in the United States - answersapproximately 9/10 Americans will marry at
some point in their life
Divorce in the Unites States - answers- approximately 45% of American marriages end
in divorce
- higher than almost all other countries in the world
- but the rate is declining
Factors leading to a decrease in the divorce rate: - answers- fewer people are getting
married
- increase in the age of marriage
- increase in cohabitation rates
Divorces are down for certain types of people - answers- college-educated
- marry when older
- high income
Divorces are up for other types of people - answers- young spouses
- brief courtship
- high school diploma degree or less
- poor
Demographic Variables of Divorce - answers- parental divorce
- age at marriage
- premarital childbearing
- cohabitation
- gender
- race and ethnicity
- social class
- religion
Macro-Level Reasons of Divorce - answers- divorce laws
- economy
- military service
- cultural values
- social integration
- technology
Domestic Violence (or Family Violence) - answersa pattern of behavior which involves
violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic context, such as in
marriage or cohabitation
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) - answersdomestic violence against a spouse or other
intimate partner
Physical Abuse - answerskicking, slapping, hitting, punching, pulling, choking, and
property damage
Emotional Abuse - answersjealousy, anger, intimidation, controlling, neglect,
humiliation, threats, isolation, and verbal abuse
Social Abuse - answersbeing stopped from meeting or seeing friends or family, not
allowed to leave the home, being stalked
Economic Abuse - answerscontrolling access to money and other resourced, forced to
live without money
Men and DV - answersagency studies say men are the main perpetrators because they
focus on coercive controlling violence
Women and DV - answersgeneral survey studies say women are just as likely to
perpetrate because they are based on situationally-provoked violence, something
women act on too
Intimate/Patriarchal Terrorism (Violent Coercive Control) - answers- manifests the
patriarchal right of men to control all aspects of women's lives
- obsessive, assumes right of control in these relationships commonly increases the
frequency and dancer of assaults
- escape indicators carry a significantly increased risk of lethal reprisal
Cycle of Abuse - answersa pattern of abuse in which a violent or abusive episode is
followed by a makeup period when the abuser expresses sorrow and asks for
forgiveness and "one more chance," before another instance of abuse occurs
, Common Couple Violence (Situationally-Provoked Violence) - answers- refers to
occasional acts of violence arising from arguments that get "out of hand"
- in these cases the violence is typically mutual and unlikely to increase in intensity
- more mutual between genders
Violent Resistance - answers- resisting the intimate terrorist
- spouse fighting back, sometimes lethal
Marriage in the United States - answersapproximately 9/10 Americans will marry at
some point in their life
Divorce in the Unites States - answers- approximately 45% of American marriages end
in divorce
- higher than almost all other countries in the world
- but the rate is declining
Factors leading to a decrease in the divorce rate: - answers- fewer people are getting
married
- increase in the age of marriage
- increase in cohabitation rates
Divorces are down for certain types of people - answers- college-educated
- marry when older
- high income
Divorces are up for other types of people - answers- young spouses
- brief courtship
- high school diploma degree or less
- poor
Demographic Variables of Divorce - answers- parental divorce
- age at marriage
- premarital childbearing
- cohabitation
- gender
- race and ethnicity
- social class
- religion
Macro-Level Reasons of Divorce - answers- divorce laws
- economy
- military service
- cultural values
- social integration
- technology
