Chapter 14 Exam

A  African American couples have higher mutual IPV that their white counterparts

B  African American men have lower percentage of victimization than their white counterparts

C  African American women have higher victimization that their white counterparts

D  African American couples have lower percentage of IPV than their white counterparts

A  Men are more likely than women to experience serious physical injuries from domestic violence.

B  Women are more likely than men to engage in repeated violence against their partners.

C  Intimate partner violence is typically not reported as victims fear reprisal.

D  Male intimate partners are more likely to be murdered with a firearm.

A  American Indian and Alaska native women have the highest IPV rates in the country.

B  Asian American women have the highest IPV rates in the country.

C  IPV rates among multiracial women are the lowest in the country.

D  African American women have the highest IPV rates in the country.

A  Witnessing domestic violence almost triples the likelihood of children having conduct disorders such as aggression, disobedience, and delinquency.

B  Women’s growing independence has resulted in some men using violence to reestablish their power in the relationship.

C  Television programs and movies that demean, debase, and devalue women and children have been found to promote and reinforce abusive behavior.

D  Studies have shown that most women who go through domestic violence stay in those relationships for financial gain.

A  parricide

B  siblicide

C  regicide

D  neonaticide

A  It states that women stay in abusive relationships for financial benefits.

B  It states that people accept abuse as they believe “they deserve it.”

C  It explains domestic violence as a product of patriarchy.

D  It explains domestic violence as a relation between macro and micro variables.

A  cognitive abuse

B  sexual abuse

C  corporeal abuse

D  emotional abuse

A  anorexia

B  bulimia

C  binge eating disorder

D  gastroenteritis

A  supply

B  feminist

C  learning

D  social exchange

A  exchange theory

B  learning theory

C  resource theory

D  behavior theory

A  They are also referred to as Generation X.

B  They are more likely to abuse the elderly under their care.

C  They are more likely to outlive their own children.

D  They are also known as the sandwich generation.

A  learning

B  ecological systems

C  feminist

D  social exchange

A  Lesbian women have lower rates of IPV than bisexual women.

B  Gay men are more likely to have experienced IPV than lesbian women.

C  Homosexual couples are more likely to verbally abuse their children than heterosexual couples.

D  Homosexual partners have higher victimization rates than heterosexual partners.

A  Social exchange

B  Ecological systems

C  Social learning

D  Feminist

A  lost generation

B  silent generation

C  sandwich generation

D  G.I. Generation

A  exchange theory

B  feminist theory

C  social learning theory

D  resource theory

A  the acute battering phase

B  the tension-building phase

C  the honeymoon phase

D  the Jekyll and Hyde phase

A  Studies have shown that homosexuals who “harbor beliefs that they deserve the abuse” tend to have low levels of IPV.

B  Studies have shown that lesbian women have a higher rate of IPV than gay men.

C  Studies have shown that among same-sex relationships, women are more likely than men to report IPV incidents.

D  Studies have shown that being treated unfairly because of one’s homosexual orientation increases IPV among same-sex partners.

A  It includes being forced into unwanted sexual activity.

B  It includes scorn, criticism, and ridicule.

C  It includes throwing objects and biting.

D  It occurs primarily in heterosexual marriages.

A  Coping with a disability has been found to increase parental stress and child abuse.

B  Poverty has been found to be the single-best predictor of child abuse and neglect.

C  Child maltreatment is found to be more common in households in which the woman is abused.

D  Substance-abusing has been found to lower parenting skills and increase child abuse and neglect.