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Chapter 11: Families in Crisis: Violence, Abuse, and Neglect
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. What proportion of women in the United States will experience domestic violence in their lifetime?
a. one in two
b. one in three
c. one in five
d. one in ten
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Overview: The Pervasive Nature of Violence
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The majority of cases of elder neglect and abuse consist of ______.
a. neglect by adult daughter
b. psychological abuse
c. physical abuse
d. self-neglect
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Self-Neglect
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. People who belong to the ______ must care for their own children at the same time they are caring for elderly parents.
a. middle class
b. emerging generation
c. lower class
d. sandwich generation
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Psychological/Emotional Abuse
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Sexual abuse of elders is most commonly perpetrated by ______.
a. daughters
b. sons
c. female nursing home workers
d. male nursing home workers
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sexual Abuse
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The more traditional a society is, the lower the rate of ______.
a. intimate terrorism
b. elder abuse
c. situational couple’s violence
d. animal abuse
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Terminology
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. In the World Health Organization study, which country had the lowest rate of sexual assault and sexual abuse by a partner?
a. Peru
b. Bangladesh
c. Japan
d. Egypt
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The World Health Organization Study
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. The two key elements in the cycle of violence, which violent partners use to continue to perpetrate violence against a partner without fear of him or her leaving, are ______ and ______.
a. authority; manipulation
b. power; control
c. means; opportunity
d. love; affection
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Power and Control
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Which of the following is NOT a reason that some women remain in an abusive relationship?
a. They develop a sense of learned helplessness.
b. They blame themselves for the violence.
c. Violence against women is legal in some states.
d. Fear of violence toward children or pets keeps them in the relationship.
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Why Is It So Hard to Leave a Batterer?
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Increasing pressure on the nervous system resulting from stress, which prevents internal balance or equilibrium, is referred to as ______.
a. allostatic load
b. cognitive load
c. neurological load
d. hippocampus load
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Biological Processes Resulting From IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which woman is at GREATEST risk of being a victim of IPV?
a. Paula, a 22-year-old straight mother of three children, who did not complete high school
b. Amber, a 17-year-old straight high school student from an upper-middle-class intact family
c. Lisa, a 42-year-old lesbian attorney with two children
d. Sue, a 65-year-old retired schoolteacher whose children have left home
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Risk and Protective Factors Related to Victimization
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Which group experiences the lowest rates of IPV in the United States?
a. Whites
b. African Americans
c. Asian Americans
d. Latinos
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnicity and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Women of which ethnic group are MOST likely to report IPV?
a. Whites
b. African Americans
c. Asian Americans
d. Latinos
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnicity and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which statement is an argument AGAINST the feminist view of battering as a function of patriarchal society?
a. Battering is strongly correlated with poverty and lack of education.
b. In both traditional and modern societies, more women are victims than men.
c. Even in highly traditional societies, most men do not become batterers.
d. Battering is a manifestation of men’s power and control over women.
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Feminism and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. ______ batterers tend to dissociate themselves from their actions and act distant to their partners.
a. Euthymic/borderline
b. Dysthymic/borderline
c. Dysphoric/borderline
d. Euphoric/borderline
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Dysphoric/Borderline Batterers
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. When men with a preoccupied/enmeshed attachment style become batterers, they are MOST LIKELY to become violent when their partners ______.
a. provoke an argument
b. withdraw from an argument
c. display passivity
d. display hostility
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Attachment Issues
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. The BEST therapy method for couples experiencing IPV is ______.
a. joint couples counseling
b. individual therapy while continuing to live together
c. individual therapy while living apart
d. a combination of joint and individual therapy while living together
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Treatment Issues
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Which statement about the Duluth model is INCORRECT?
a. It increases the percentage of men who stop battering by about 5%.
b. It focuses on rehabilitation of the batterer and support for the survivor.
c. It emphasizes repairing the couple’s relationship and keeping them together.
d. It is based on many community agencies working together.
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Duluth Model
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Children are MOST LIKELY to be physically abused before age ______.
a. 5
b. 8
c. 12
d. 18
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Physical Abuse
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Most deaths in children who suffer from maltreatment result from ______.
a. burns
b. shaking
c. lacerations
d. neglect
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Neglect
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Which statement about child neglect is INCORRECT?
a. Chronically neglected infants have high rates of disease.
b. Neglected infants grow up to neglect or abuse their own children.
c. Parents often neglect a child because he or she is lonely or anxious.
d. Infants can die from the stress of prolonged, unanswered crying.
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Neglect
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Issues of patriarchy, gender bias, sexism, and oppression of women are not very accurate indicators of a society where IPV is likely to run high.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Feminism and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. IPV is solely by patriarchy, just as many feminists argue.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Feminism and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Pets and children, harm to the victims’ family, financial and emotional dependence, and love for the batterer all play into a woman’s decision to stay in an IPV relationship.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Feminism and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Family only batterers are generally the most violent and their violence toward partners typically ends in injury or even homicide.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Family Only Batterers
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Pit bull type batterers can be loving and usually feel tender feelings toward their partners.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Family Only Batterers
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Those with anxious/enmeshed/preoccupied attachments are especially vulnerable to relationship violence.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Attachment Issues
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Batterer intervention programs have notoriously low rates of success.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Treatment Issues
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Children exposed to IPV can actually have fewer negative physiological symptoms than other children due to their learned coping skills.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. Hostile attribution bias is a cognitive style of interpreting ambiguous social stimuli as negative or hostile in nature.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Most maltreatment fatalities are infants and toddlers.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Physical Abuse
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. A small minority of child physical abuse occurs during difficult interactions revolving around feeding and toileting, as compared to other interactions.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Physical Abuse
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. It’s fairly uncommon for a child to experience only one type of abuse or neglect.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Psychological/Emotional Abuse
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. In a community of care model, foster care is provided to children by their biological relatives.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Legal Issues
Difficulty Level: Hard
14. Family violence tends to be intergenerational, with abused children growing up to be violent in their own families.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Need for Evidence-Based Practice
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Interestingly, out of the three million reports of child maltreatment, virtually no reports were ruled intentionally false.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Child Maltreatment
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Some cultural practices, which are not abuse, may be perceived as abuse.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Child Maltreatment
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
1. There is a typical pattern seen in many abusive relationships called the ______.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cycle of Violence
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. During a(n) ______, there may be happy or romantic times, fun times with the children, and a sense of normalcy. But soon the tension builds.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cycle of Violence
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. ______ is part of the cycle of violence, which occurs after the honeymoon period and is characterized by increasing tension and foreshadowing of violence to come.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cycle of Violence
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Long-term victims of IPV may develop a sense of ______, in which they don’t even try to leave because they feel their attempts won’t succeed.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Power and Control
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Most communities today have ______ policies whereby women no longer have to voluntarily decide to press charges against their batterer.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Supporting Battered Women
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Trauma from IPV may also induce ______ symptoms such as cognitive and memory impairment or even amnesia.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Biological Processes Resulting From IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. ______ are people who use their protective factors and coping skills to get themselves out of a dangerous situation.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Victims or Survivors?
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Statistics show that ______ are more likely to be victims of IPV from spouses than are other races, while African Americans are more likely to be victimized by boyfriends.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Ethnicity and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. ______ usually exhibit the lowest rates of IPV in most studies conducted in the United States.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Ethnicity and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. ______ women are the most likely to report IPV.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethnicity and IPV
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. What factors make abuse of elderly persons particularly difficult to detect?
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model. | 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Financial/Material Abuse/Exploitation
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Explain how the physiological stress response affects a person living with IPV.
Learning Objective: 11-1: Explain the pervasiveness of violence in every system of the bioecological model.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Biological Processes Resulting From IPV
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Explain the factors that make the rate and incidence of IPV, both in the general population and within different ethnic groups, difficult to determine.
Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the different forms of elder abuse and neglect and how we can prevent them. | 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics. | 11-6: Discuss the many ways children are maltreated and how we can prevent child abuse and neglect.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Ethnicity and IPV
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Explain the relationship between attachment style and battering.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, including both sides of the gender symmetry controversy regarding domestic violence. | 11-5: Discuss the different types of batterers and some differences in their family dynamics.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Attachment Issues
Difficulty Level: Hard