Chapter 14 Quiz

A  corporeal abuse

B  cognitive abuse

C  sexual abuse

D  emotional abuse

A  rumination syndrome

B  anorexia nervosa

C  bulimia

D  depression

A  Social learning

B  Feminist

C  Ecological systems

D  Social exchange

A  learning

B  social exchange

C  supply

D  feminist

A  Men with greater education and wealth are more likely to engage in abuse.

B  Men from patriarchal societies are more likely to be abusive.

C  Men with fewer resources or assets are more likely to resort to abuse.

D  Men only engage in emotional abuse due to an inherent feeling of superiority.

A  According to exchange studies, children who grow up in matriarchal societies are more likely to witness physically abuse and adopt it.

B  According to social learning studies, when there’s both physical and emotional abuse between adults in a household, children tend to model the behaviors and engage in sibling abuse.

C  According to learning theories, children who witness emotional abuse first-hand are more likely to blame themselves and engage in activities such as torturing pets and other animals.

D  According to feminist studies, when one spouse is aggressive, the other spouse may become more aggressive over time and children generally adopt the behavior of the spouse belonging to their own sex.

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

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

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

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

A  male aggression against women and children are a byproduct of patriarchal societies

B  continuous exposure to abuse and violence during childhood increases the likelihood that a person will be an assailant in adulthood

C  poverty is the single-best predictor of child abuse and neglect

D  both assailants and victims tolerate or engage in violent behavior because they believe that the benefits outweigh the costs

A  social learning theories

B  feminist theories

C  social exchange theories

D  resource theories

A  Social homophobia

B  Internalized homophobia

C  Heterosexist discrimination

D  Stewed homophobia

A  Studies have shown that most cases of elder mistreatment occur in families who have adopted children.

B  Less than one-third of elder mistreatment is found to be done by nonfamily members.

C  A vast majority of elder mistreatment cases occur inside families with mentally disabled children.

D  Typically, elder mistreatment occurs in households without strong “kin ties,” such as Asian and Latino households.

A  G.I. Generation

B  sandwich generation

C  lost generation

D  silent generation

A  Polyvictimization

B  Neo-victimization

C  Post crime victimization

D  Self-victimization

A  Typically, most minority groups have close family ties and are less likely to physically or emotionally chastise their children.

B  Unlike whites, African American families do not believe in disciplining children physically.

C  Despite being more prevalent among minority groups, child maltreatment percentages are higher among whites.

D  Latino families have a lower percentage of child victimization than their white counterparts.

A  bed-side terrorism

B  intimate terrorism

C  situational couple violence

D  dowry violence

A  the acute battering phase

B  the Jekyll and Hyde phase

C  the tension-building phase

D  the honeymoon phase

A  captured syndrome

B  battered-woman syndrome

C  Stockholm syndrome

D  date-rape syndrome

A  neonaticide

B  tyrannicide

C  familycide

D  uxoricide

A  There is a steep rise in the number of women taking up self-defense classes in the United States.

B  Among African American and Latino communities, the gang membership among men has decreased substantially and hence men are less likely to grow up to be abusive.

C  Studies have shown that women are increasingly reporting domestic violence unlike during previous decades and hence are more likely to identify and report abusive husbands or domestic partners early.

D  Women are increasingly postponing marriage and are hence marrying mature men who have greater conflict resolution skills.

A  It includes scorn, criticism, and ridicule.

B  It includes being forced into unwanted sexual activity.

C  It includes throwing objects and biting.

D  It occurs primarily in heterosexual marriages.