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Chapter 10: Violence and Abuse in Relationships

Multiple Choice

1. Intimidating your partner by slapping them is a form of ______.

a. emotional abuse

b. physical abuse

c. sexual stigmatization

d. obsessive relational intrusion

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Violence and Homicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Laura and Brandon have been arguing about their huge credit card bills the whole weekend. Suddenly, Laura gets so angry that she slaps Brandon and in response, he roughly shoves her into the wall and calls her ugly names. This couple is experiencing ______.

a. situational couple violence

b. intimate partner homicide

c. intimate terrorism

d. battered woman syndrome

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Violence and Homicide

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Battered woman syndrome is a ______ term used to justify the behavior of the ______.

a. medical; batterer

b. therapeutic; batterer

c. legal; abused victim

d. psychological; victim

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Violence and Homicide

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. How are intimate partner violence (IPV) and relationship commitment related?

a. IPV occurs more in brand new relationships.

b. IPV occurs most often between previous romantic partners.

c. The greater the commitment in the relationship, the greater the reported IPV.

d. The greater the commitment in the relationship, the less the reported IPV.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Violence and Homicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Delores gives her boyfriend the silent treatment for two weeks because he forgot about Valentine’s Day, and she sat home alone. Delores is practicing ______.

a. emotional abuse

b. gaslighting

c. physical abuse

d. situational couple violence

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Emotional and Cyber Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. In Cunha and Goncalves’ (2016) research involving intimate partner violence, they found that severely violent partners were more likely to be ______.

a. of low educational status

b. of high socioeconomic status

c. younger

d. female

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Murder

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. If a man is engaging in unwanted pursuit behavior with a woman, he is ______ her.

a. flirting with

b. physically abusing

c. seducing

d. stalking

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Stalking

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. What behavior demonstrates obsessive relational intrusion?

a. belittling someone to make them feel badly

b. sending someone unsolicited obscene e-mails

c. acting jealous when someone you like talks to someone else

d. checking out someone’s Facebook page

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Stalking

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. When Sophie breaks up with Adam to go out with someone else, he posts a nude photo of Sophie on his Facebook page to prove she “belongs” to him. This situation is an example of ______.

a. cyberstalking

b. corporal punishment

c. revenge porn

d. entrapment

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Revenge Porn

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. According to the text, any ______ that ______ is considered abuse.

a. verbal behavior; embarrasses a partner

b. physical behavior; is intended to control

c. emotional abuse; causes visible harm

d. sexual abuse; follows a pattern

Learning Objective: 10.2: Identify various ways to recognize and resist abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Recognizing Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Which tactic is suggested for victims of physical abuse if their attacker is drunk?

a. pushing back

b. struggling

c. fleeing

d. hitting

Learning Objective: 10.2: Identify various ways to recognize and resist abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Fighting Back: What Is the Best Strategy?

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. According to a Cho and Huang (2016) study, victims of dating abuse are more likely to seek help from ______.

a. a person in authority

b. the police

c. a counseling center

d. friends and family

Learning Objective: 10.2: Identify various ways to recognize and resist abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Fighting Back: What Is the Best Strategy?

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. What personality trait predicts the likelihood of a romantic partner becoming a stalker when the relationship ends?

a. impulsive

b. introversion

c. controlling

d. neuroticism

Learning Objective: 10.2: Identify various ways to recognize and resist abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Reacting to the Stalker

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. A positive tactic for treating victims of intimate partner violence is teaching them to ______.

a. recognize forms of abuse

b. punish the abuser

c. ignore most types of abuse

d. publicize instances of abuse

Learning Objective: 10.2: Identify various ways to recognize and resist abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intervention

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Which aspect of American culture is linked to family violence?

a. globalization

b. individualism

c. consumerism

d. gender inequality

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cultural Factors

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. What does the practice of corporal punishment involve?

a. using a court martial to try a member of the armed forces

b. using physical force to control a child’s behavior

c. using the removal of privileges to discipline an adolescent

d. using the death penalty to punish criminals

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Corporal Punishment of Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The use of corporal punishment is legal in ______ states.

a. about one-third of the

b. about one-half of the

c. all 50

d. none of the 50

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Corporal Punishment of Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. In the modern United States, which of the following industries is especially associated with the devaluing and sexual harassment of women?

a. education

b. military

c. healthcare

d. government

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender Inequality

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Harvey likes picking out his girlfriend’s outfits, because it’s important to him that she look modest and appropriate when they go out. He often questions her closely about who she spoke with and what she did today. In this relationship, what factor may predict later abuse or violence?

a. need to control

b. isolation

c. history of aggressiveness

d. dependency

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Individual Factors

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. An abusive dating partner with a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality tends to do which of the following?

a. cut you off from all family and friends

b. have low self-esteem and high levels of anxiety

c. exhibit continual sudden mood changes

d. insist on a committed relationship very rapidly

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Individual Factors

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which of the following statements is true about individuals who were abused as children?

a. They seek help so that they don’t repeat the pattern of abuse.

b. They see intimate partner violence as normal and acceptable.

c. They expect intimate partner violence to occur.

d. They typically avoid relationships to avoid the possibility of intimate partner violence.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Child Abuse in Family of Origin

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Which of the following scenarios is a form of sexual coercion?

a. calling someone a “slut” for not having sex with you

b. not using appropriate an birth control method

c. having intercourse with someone who’s drunk

d. flirting with someone at a bar and inviting them to your apartment

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Coercion, Sexual Assault, and Rape

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. The #MeToo movement represents which group?

a. victims of sexual violence

b. women

c. victims of police brutality

d. children from abusive homes

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Coercion, Sexual Assault, and Rape

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Most rapes are perpetrated by ______.

a. strangers

b. known criminals

c. people with a relationship to the victim

d. people with authority over the victim

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Who Commits Rape?

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. What statement is accurate about female rape myths?

a. They have some basis in truth.

b. They try to justify male aggression.

c. They are most widely held by women.

d. They blame perpetrators instead of victims.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Rape Myths

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Which group experiences an especially significant amount of sexual violence?

a. gay men

b. bisexual men

c. elderly women

d. transgender people

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexual Coercion, Sexual Assault, and Rape

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. What is the most common drug associated with rape?

a. GHB (gammahydroxy-butyrate)

b. alcohol

c. Rohypnol

d. Special K (ketamine)

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Alcohol and Rape

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. What female age group appears to be at greatest risk for sexual assault?

a. preadolescent girls

b. college-age women

c. middle-aged women

d. elderly women

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Campus Sexual Assault

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. How does marital abuse differ from abuse between two unmarried partners?

a. Rape cannot occur between married partners.

b. Physical abuse takes place only in marital relationships.

c. One partner feels ownership over the other.

d. Belittling behaviors take place only in nonmarital relationships.

Learning Objective: 10.5: Discuss types of abuse that occur in marriages and long-term relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Abuse in Marriage and Long-Term Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. Marital rape is now recognized in ______ states as a crime.

a. 5

b. 25

c. 35

d. 50

Learning Objective: 10.5: Discuss types of abuse that occur in marriages and long-term relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rape in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Easy

31. How would victims describe the effects of partner abuse?

a. temporary

b. strictly physical

c. inconsequential

d. physical and psychological

Learning Objective: 10.6: Review the effects of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Effects of Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. When children observe abuse between their parents, they are more likely to ______.

a. create an imaginary world for escape

b. display this behavior in their own adult relationships

c. intervene to stop it

d. reject abuse behavior in their own adult relationships

Learning Objective: 10.6: Review the effects of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Effects of Partner Abuse on Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. Carmen and Tony married right after high school when Carmen got pregnant. As money is tight, Tony loses his temper a lot, makes threatening remarks about Carmen’s spending and how he'll “fix” her, and then apologizes the next day. Carmen doesn't fight back, but anxiously waits for the storm to blow over each time. This couple seems to typify what behavior?

a. cycle of abuse

b. obsessive relational intrusion

c. intimate terrorism

d. battered woman syndrome

Learning Objective: 10.7: Illustrate the cycle of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Cycle of Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. What is the primary reason women give for staying in abusive relationships?

a. concerns about children/custody

b. fear of making it worse

c. love for the abuser

d. financially dependent

Learning Objective: 10.7: Illustrate the cycle of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Why Victims Stay in Abusive Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Annalee is in a physically abusive marriage. When asked why she doesn’t leave or fight back, she says that this is just the way that marriage is. Which of the following beliefs best explains Annalee’s reasoning?

a. There is no one who can help her.

b. The violence is her fault.

c. She can help her partner overcome this.

d. Relationship violence is legitimate.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Illustrate the cycle of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Why Victims Stay in Abusive Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. What does the text recommend someone do who wishes to disengage from an abusive relationship?

a. scheduling couples’ therapy

b. calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline

c. trying to avoid angering the abuser

d. taking a self-defense course

Learning Objective: 10.7: Illustrate the cycle of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How to Leave an Abusive Relationship

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. In 2017, about 1 in ______ U.S. children experienced abuse or neglect, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

a. 5

b. 7

c. 25

d. 100

Learning Objective: 10.8: Compare parent, sibling, and elder abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Child Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. What American practice of childrearing may lead to greater incidences of child abuse or neglect?

a. raising a child in social isolation

b. practicing religiosity

c. living in a large extended family

d. having low behavioral expectations

Learning Objective: 10.8: Compare parent, sibling, and elder abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Child Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Connie cares for her elderly grandmother in her home. Connie works part time and is sometimes unable to take her grandmother to doctor’s appointments. To make it easier on Connie, she brings all her grandmother’s meals to her room, located in the basement of the house, while the family eats upstairs at the kitchen table. When everyone gathers in the evening, grandma remains in her room because it’s hard to move her anywhere. Sometimes, they forget she is there. This situation may reflect ______.

a. granny dumping

b. social abuse

c. neglect

d. physical abuse

Learning Objective: 10.8: Compare parent, sibling, and elder abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. What has recently changed regarding guidelines established by Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972 for investigating complaints of violence, rape, or sexual assault on federally funded campuses?

a. Colleges and universities must now prosecute every complaint to the fullest extent of the law.

b. Investigative standards have been lowered to “preponderance of evidence.”

c. Investigative standards have been raised to “clear and convincing evidence.”

d. Colleges and universities are no longer held to a federal standard in this matter.

Learning Objective: 10.9: Discuss the future of abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Future of Violence and Abuse in Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Intimate partner violence affects millions of couples.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Violence and Homicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Alcohol use contributes to interpersonal violence by reducing self-control.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Violence and Homicide

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Experts say the first time abuse occurs you should disregard it until a pattern develops.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Identify various ways to recognize and resist abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Recognizing Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. American militarism contributes to society's acceptance of violence as a legitimate means of resolving conflict.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cultural Factors

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Some researchers associate male violence against women with magazines such as Esquire and Maxim.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Violence in the Media

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Forced sex with a nonconsenting party, regardless of the age or gender of the victim, constitutes rape.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexual Coercion, Sexual Assault, and Rape

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Men who are raped are gay.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rape Myths

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Campus educational and prevention efforts sponsored by colleges and universities have dramatically reduced sexual assaults.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe four types of sexual coercion.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Reducing Sexual Violence on Campus

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Potential consequences of abuse suffered by pregnant women are miscarriage, birth defects, and neonatal death.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Review the effects of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Effects of Partner Abuse on Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Research shows that taking a relationship education course can help a victim leave an abusive situation.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Illustrate the cycle of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Triggers for Leaving an Abusive Relationship

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Discuss the types and dangers of emotional abuse. Is emotional abuse as damaging as physical abuse in intimate relationships?

pts:

• Emotional abuse (also known as psychological abuse, verbal abuse, or symbolic aggression) is nonphysical behavior designed to denigrate and control the partner.
• Examples of emotionally abusive behaviors of one’s partner include refusal to talk to the partner as a way of punishing the partner (the silent treatment), making personal decisions for the partner (e.g., what to wear, what to eat, whether to smoke), throwing a temper tantrum and breaking things to frighten the partner, criticizing/belittling the partner to make him or her feel bad, and acting jealous when the partner is observed talking or texting a potential romantic partner.
• Some forms of emotional abuse may be subtle, but they can still have harmful effects: opposing, blocking, interrupting, denying, gaslighting, isolation, threats, and demanding sex without consent.
• Emotional abuse has devastating effects on the physical and psychological well-being of victims. It can lead to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, loss of trust in others, and sexual dysfunctions. Abuse between parents also affects the children.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Emotional and Cyber Abuse

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Why does revenge porn constitute a form of sexual violence? Are women who send a romantic partner intimate images of themselves partially to blame if these images are later posted for others to see?

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain the various types of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Revenge Porn

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. How much physical or emotional abuse in an intimate relationship is tolerable? Why?

Learning Objective: 10.2: Identify various ways to recognize and resist abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Recognizing and Resisting Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Briefly describe corporal punishment and the behaviors it includes. What is the American Academy of Pediatrics' stance on the use of corporal punishment? Do you agree or disagree with this assessment?

Learning Objective: 10.3: Summarize the explanations for abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Corporal Punishment of Children

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. As a country, what steps can we take to reduce partner violence?

Learning Objective: 10.9: Discuss the future of abuse in intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Future of Violence and Abuse in Relationships

Difficulty Level: Hard