Answers Chapter 12: Family Violence
and Abuse Exam 2026 Questions and
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
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,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
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, 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
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and Abuse Exam 2026 Questions and
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
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,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
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, 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
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